Ferguson

The inaugural cohort of the St. Louis-based initiative graduated last fall. A new cohort starts the program later this year.

The hearing comes 10 years after Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson police officer, shot and killed Michael Brown Jr., an unarmed Black 18-year-old, sparking protests and a worldwide movement to save Black lives.

NPR TV critic and media analyst Eric Deggans discusses the effects Ferguson protest footage and other video by non-journalists had on news and other media.

The killing of Michael Brown Jr. by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson is a benchmark on the decades-long connection between Black American and Palestinian American activism.

Civil rights attorney and former South Carolina state representative Bakari Sellers says national police reform is currently dead, but there is hope through voting to change the makeup of Congress.

Centene Corp. has donated its 60,000-square-foot Ferguson claims center to the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis. The donation is the largest any Urban League has ever received, and it will soon house child care initiatives, outreach programs and a food pantry.

Ferguson Police Chief Troy Doyle says a cultural shift in the department has led to improved recruitment efforts — and greater community trust.

R&R Marketplace opened after decades of disinvestment in Dellwood.

Aug. 9 will mark 10 years since the police killing of Michael Brown Jr. A new exhibition features the work of activists whose art directly responds to that event and the social movement it brought.

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