Racial Justice

A group of attorneys and researchers are stepping in to help community organizations and local and state reparations task forces get to reparative justice for Black communities. The African American Redress Network prepares harm reports, researches disparities or helps preserve a town's Black history.

St. Louis Metropolitan Police officers are investigating a noose that a Black contractor found hanging in a tree on an Asian American woman's property in the Benton Park neighborhood.

A year after George Floyd’s death, in which former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder, activists for racial justice are still calling for cities to redistribute some money earmarked for police departments to mental health and other community services.

Though racially restrictive covenants have been illegal for more than 70 years, their impact can still be felt today. That’s the focus of a new paper by Colin Gordon in the Journal of Urban History.

Germany’s ability to combat extremism has been praised. But it's also being tested. Does it still offer lessons for the U.S. following the Capitol riot?

The Archdiocese of St. Louis welcomed its 10th archbishop on Tuesday in a ceremony at the Cathedral Basilica. Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski replaces Robert Carlson, who is retiring after holding the position for more than a decade.

The vast majority of St. Louis emergency room visits for asthma are from black children, according to report from Mayor Lyda Krewson’s office.The Equity…

St. Louis activists and community leaders have called on Gov. Mike Parson to pardon protester Joshua Williams for an event that occurred in 2014.State…

ArchCity Defenders and community radio station KDHX are rolling out a three-month film series on racial justice.First in the series, "Marvin Booker was…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 30, 2011 - Halle Berry considers herself a Black woman. That's one thing. Berry has gone a step…