Missouri
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Cori Bush Elected as Missouri’s First-Ever Black Congresswoman
Cori Bush, a nurse and political activist who gained national notoriety for protesting the 2014 death of Michael Brown in…
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Kansas City Votes to Remove MLK Street Sign
Residents in Kansas City, Missouri, voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to remove of Martin Luther King Jr.'s name from one of its…
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Kansas City Voters to Decide on Street Name Change to Honor MLK
Voters in Kansas City, Missouri, will decide Tuesday if its reputation as one of the largest U.S. cities without a…
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NAACP Warns Minorities Traveling to Missouri: ‘They May Not Be Safe’
NAACP's national delegates voted on Wednesday to issue a "travel advisory" stating that people of color and other marginalized groups…
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Black Off-Duty Cop Shot by White Fellow Officer Who Was ‘Fearing for his Safety’
A Black off-duty police officer was shot in St. Louis by a fellow officer who was "fearing for his safety,"…
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New Michael Brown Video Sparks Protests in Ferguson
A newly released video of Michael Brown on the day he was shot has called into question the facts surrounding…
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Fox News Host, St. Louis Police Group Blast Teen’s Artwork in U.S. Capitol
Fox News personality Eric Bolling has spoken out against a painting by a high school artist and constituent of Rep.…
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EDITORIAL: The ‘Ferguson Effect’ — Just Another Excuse?
We don't have to look beyond our very own city limits to see that there's been a troubling increase in…
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Missouri Police Stopped Blacks More Than Whites in 2014
JIM SUHR, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The disparity in the rate at which Missouri authorities pulled over black…
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Dozens of Ferguson-Related Reforms were Proposed in Missouri. Just One Passed.
Niraj Chokshi, THE WASHINGTON POST JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (The Washington Post) — The Missouri legislature ended its session Friday night having…
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