Social Justice

The UM System's decision to restructure five Mizzou five campus centers dedicated to social justice work is raising the ire of students, faculty and alumni alike.

The Archdiocese of St. Louis invites people of different faiths on a tour Saturday from downtown St. Louis to north St. Louis to explore ways to eliminate racism in health care, education, housing and the criminal justice system.

In the 20 years that NPR correspondent Carrie Johnson has covered the U.S. Department of Justice, she’s learned to expect changes with each administration. “But there have been seismic shifts in this DOJ under President Trump,” she says.

The average protester might seem like a young adult, but parents are also bringing out their children with them to demonstrate. On Wednesday’s St. Louis…

After decades of protests against police brutality, 19-year-old Kenidra Adams thought stopping officers from killing black people would be a top priority…

For eight years, Yeyo Arts Collective has struggled to stay afloat. Now the organization is raising money to buy a building to sustain itself, and better…

An international conference in Atlanta will spotlight St. Louis artists who took part in a festival designed to highlight local racial and socioeconomic…

More than four decades ago, a three-day inmate sit-in protest over conditions at the St. Louis City Jail faced a violent end, with more than 30 inmates…

Updated Jan. 22 at 1:20p.m. with an estimated count — A crowd at least 10,000 strong stretched for blocks in downtown St. Louis Saturday morning as people…

Seven St. Louis area residents have joined the board of Forward Through Ferguson, a successor organization to the Ferguson Commission.The nonprofit group…