Jan 27 Ferguson, Justice Department reach agreement on overhaul of policing practices By Joshua Barajas The City of Ferguson, Missouri, announced on Wednesday a proposed deal with the Justice Department on sweeping changes to its policing protocols, 16 months after the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a white officer. Continue reading
Dec 16 Ferguson, Justice Department close to agreement By Eric Tucker and Jim Salter, Associated Press The Justice Department is close to an agreement with the Ferguson, Missouri, police department on a deal that would bring sweeping changes to the agency. Continue reading
Nov 10 It’s true, Mizzou’s black faculty numbers are low – really low By Vanessa Dennis, Laura Santhanam How far is the University of Missouri from meeting the student protesters' demands of 10-percent black faculty? We looked at the black faculty data in all Southeastern Conference schools. Continue reading
Nov 09 Watch 10:29 How Ferguson influenced the student uprising at Mizzou By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 21 Race relations in U.S. at a low point in recent history, new poll suggests By Margaret Myers In the year following the death of Michael Brown, America has seen its share of racial disquiet. It is with this backdrop that PBS NewsHour and Marist College’s Institute for Public Opinion conducted a survey of Americans that illustrates the… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 9:27 What we’ve learned about racial inequity in Ferguson By PBS News Hour A new report by the Ferguson Commission, appointed to respond to racial inequity, calls for 200 changes to policing, education, housing, health care access and more across St. Louis and Missouri. Gwen Ifill discusses the reform recommendations with Rev. Starsky… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch 54:26 PBS NewsHour full episode September 14, 2015 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, European governments gather to grapple with the refugee crisis. Also: A new report on the lessons learned from Ferguson, a controversial race to develop a vaccine to stop Ebola in wild apes and a look ahead… Continue watching
Aug 31 How to write a poem about Ferguson By Corinne Segal How does a poet even begin to address what happened to Michael Brown? That’s the question at the center of “Working Title,” a piece by Mahogany Brown. Continue reading
Aug 20 Column: August is the month of our discontent By DeRay McKesson Mike Brown should be alive today. He should be home from his first year at college, visiting friends and enjoying summer as he prepares to return to campus. Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch 6:10 Why school districts like Michael Brown’s have suffered ‘rapid resegregation’ By PBS News Hour Since 1988, American schools have grown more segregated. Jeffrey Brown talks to New York Times Magazine writer Nikole Hannah-Jones -- who recently wrote about school segregation in Ferguson, Missouri -- and Sheryll Cashin of Georgetown University Law Center. Continue watching