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An inmate revolt at a Saint Louis jail criticised for the conditions under which inmates are housed has caused advocates and legislators to reiterate calls for government transparency and increased protections for inmates as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. More than 100 inmates took over two units of the City Justice Center (CJC), a city-run jail, at about 2:30am (7:30GMT) on Saturday morning, setting fire and breaking windows. It was the third protest over COVID-19 protocols and conditions in...

‘You look like one’: downtown Clevelander sues police, says he was profiled as May 30 rioter while picking up groceries Updated Jan 26, 2021; Posted Jan 26, 2021 Cleveland Police, the Ohio Highway Patrol and the National Guard block the Detroit/Superior bridge into downtown Cleveland, following Saturdays protests over the death of George Floyd. Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com Facebook Share CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A downtown Cleveland resident arrested while trying to pick-up groceries he ordere...

Memphis woman appointed to Biden-Harris administration Memphis woman appointed to Biden administration By WMC Action News 5 Staff | January 25, 2021 at 12:12 PM CST - Updated January 25 at 10:40 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - More roles are being filled as the Biden-Harris administration enters its first full week in office. We now know a Mid-South native will work as a senior political appointee with the Department of Education. Memphis native appointed to Office of Civil Rights at Dept. of Ed...

The University of Kentucky is sponsoring a free virtual town hall, “Undoing the Harmful Legacy of the War on Drugs: A Focus on Communities of Color,” on Thursday, Jan. 28, 1-4 p.m. LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 14, 2021) — The University of Kentucky is sponsoring a free virtual town hall, “Undoing the Harmful Legacy of the War on Drugs: A Focus on Communities of Color,” on Thursday, Jan. 28, 1-4 p.m. The town hall, hosted in partnership with Voices of Hope, will identify the harmful consequenc...

Naquail Weaver wasn’t expecting to be home with his family for Christmas. The 22-year-old was in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, held on a $3,000 bail with expectations of a release sometime in early January.  But Weaver got to spend the holidays with his fiancée and his 3-month-old son after students from LSU’s Democracy at Work paid his bond on the morning of Dec. 25.  Weaver was one of six prisoners the organization freed by using profits from t-shirts it sold on Etsy.�...

Pop stars offer fans comfort for a price From T-shirts to toilet paper: After the pandemic hit, Garbage started selling items more conducive to a stay-at-home lifestyle. by Brennan Carley (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- When Shirley Manson, of the band Garbage, visited Graceland on her first U.S. tour, she had a special souvenir in mind. “I wanted Elvis Presley toilet paper,” she said over the phone with a deep laugh. “I went to the gift shop and scoured the whole place and I couldn’t find any. I was...

This is the time | Louisville community activist to run for mayor, experts say more Black leaders might follow "You will see so many people who were in the street protesting across the country say they want to run for office – they recognize they think they can do it better." Author: Senait Gebregiorgis (WHAS 11) Published: 6:53 PM EST January 8, 2021 Updated: 6:53 PM EST January 8, 2021 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — She marched in the streets through the...

These Are the Top 100 Songs of 2020 By Abby Monteil, Stacker News On 1/7/21 at 8:00 PM EST Music has been a consistent comfort and creative outlet through the tumultuous year that was 2020. Although sold-out concerts, packed nightclubs, and cozy indie venues have largely been closed for months, putting on a great song is an ideal temporary escape from the world. Since its been such an isolated year, everyone likely has a different catalog of songs that resonated most with them over the past ...

Pop Stars Like Cozy Stuff, Too With fans stuck at home, many musicians are pivoting from selling tour T-shirts to hawking comforting tchotchkes. From T-shirts to toilet paper: After the pandemic hit, Garbage started selling items more conducive to a stay-at-home lifestyle. By Brennan Carley Jan. 6, 2021 When the musician Shirley Manson, of the band Garbage, visited Graceland on her first tour of the U.S., she had a special souvenir in mind. “I wanted Elvis Presley toilet paper,” she said ov...

LA County Public Defender Media Release On May 25, 2020 we witnessed a murder and heard cries to end systemic racism in the criminal legal system. That day, a social movement erupted across the nation. The eyes of many opened to a stark reality that Black and Brown people live with every day, racism thrives in our criminal legal system. Diverse communities stood side by side to rail against a system that silences, dehumanizes, and over-incarcerates Brown and Black people. Angelenos spoke up, we...