A federal grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, returned two indictments that were unsealed today, and the Department of Justice filed a third charging document today, in connection with an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old woman who was shot and killed in her Louisville home on March 13, 2020, by police officers executing a search warrant.
Read MoreIn one word, what’s your biggest hope for Louisville?
“Organization.”
In one word, what’s your biggest fear for Louisville?
“Disorganization.”
Read MoreLouisville’s Office of Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods is building a comprehensive violence prevention network by connecting new and existing programs run by nonprofits, government agencies and grassroots groups alike that officials say will be fully operational by summer.
Read MoreDespite policy mandating “detox inmates” like Dunbar be checked on by officers every 20 minutes, an internal investigation found the only time guards had eyes on her for the 18 hours she was confined in the booth was when officers “happened to walk by while conducting other business.” The evening before she hanged herself using a pair of soiled pants, one of those officers gave her the middle finger through the rectangular window of the booth’s door.
Read MoreThe majority of Americans don’t work from home, but among those who do, there’s a battle going on about where they’ll work in the future. And it’s not just people who enjoy remote work who are upset about the return to the office.
Read MoreThe racial disparity was just one of several failings GAO identified in a trio of long-awaited reports Tuesday on the U.S. unemployment insurance system and how it fared during Covid-19. The pandemic and subsequent shutdowns triggered an unprecedented wave of demand for jobless benefits, which — even with additional aid from Congress — the network was ill-equipped to meet.
Read MoreThese are no petty thefts; they are enormously significant. The 1980s was a period of heightened interest among Black Americans in the histories and genealogies severed by slavery, as historian Danielle Wiggins writes. Hundreds of thousands attended “Black Family Reunions” in this decade, inspired by the 1977 television miniseries Roots. For police to destroy family photos, as well as objects handed down through Jim Crow, was to further alienate families from their identities and their pasts. For Black renters without other assets to their name, communities and histories are an inheritance.
Read MoreThe need for affordable housing continues to grow in urban centers. The traditional form of affordable housing for suburban and rural areas, mobile homes, have become overrun with speculation, pricing people out through a new type of landlord - private equity.
Read MoreIn classical music’s corner of this, there are brilliant composers that have too long been neglected in the Western tradition, and here we celebrate some of the most famous and influential Black composers in classical music history. Black lives matter now, and absolutely always.
Read MoreJefferson County has 6 special polling locations: The Jeffersonian, Broadbent Arena at K.F.E.C., Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, Mary Queen of Peace, Sun Valley Community Center Multipurpose Rm, and Triple Crown Pavilion.
Read MoreFunding for permanent supportive housing constitutes the largest piece of San Francisco’s budget for the homeless, and the supply of housing is growing rapidly. It consists mostly of older hotels converted into single-room-occupancy residences. The city contracts with a dozen nonprofit organizations to run the nearly 150 buildings and manage social services, such as moving people in and out of units, maintaining the properties and managing individual cases, including everything from connecting people to treatment for substance use disorder to helping someone apply for food stamps. Residents pay 30% of their income, including Social Security benefits, toward rent, and the city subsidizes the rest.
Read MoreKing would say later: “He is very articulate, but I totally disagree with many of his political and philosophical views — at least insofar as I understand where he now stands.”
Read More“This money is helping to build up the best so that we can bring in the best because you can never attract eagles if your institutions are chicken coops,” said Dr. Kevin Cosby, president of Simmons College. “Thank you, Brown Forman.”
Read MoreLet me say from the beginning, I believe that all elected officials should do everything within their power to deliver efficient services and good government to all of their constituents. And all of those constituents should hold high expectations for every public official. Have there been some Black public officials who, as with all groups, sought elected office only as a stepping stone to somewhere else or as a means of empowering or enriching themselves? Of course. But we need to acknowledge that Black elected leaders who are genuinely dedicated to serving the public still face mountains of discrimination and racism, and this must be factored in when assessing their efficacy.
Read MoreBeing a teacher—always a difficult job—is especially stressful these days. Teachers often lose their own planning period to cover classes for absent colleagues, who may be out sick or quarantining after a COVID-19 exposure. Students are wrestling with trauma brought on by lockdowns, losing a family member to COVID, and more. Talk of lost learning time fills professional-development sessions. Violence in schools is on the rise. And some teachers worry they are putting their own health on the line every time they come into work.
Read MoreWhat do you get when you stick two councilmen - who are from opposite ends of the county and the political spectrum - in the same podcast room? An hour-long episode that covers everything from equity, equality, poverty, racism, safety, and so much more. This is Part 1 of the conversation with Councilman Anthony Piagentini (R-19) and Councilman Jecorey Arthur (D-4).
Read MoreBy joining its partners to invest $100 million in an Opportunity Campus in the Parkland neighborhood, the 99-year-old nonprofit organization is planning to become a vital part of a community that has endured years of disinvestment. The combination of programs and services that will operate in Goodwill’s 120,000 square-foot lifestyle enrichment facility and Norton Healthcare’s 40,000 – 60,000 square-foot comprehensive medical center will launch a new era of hope for many of the 65,000 people who call West Louisville home.
Read MoreNearly two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began in the United States, Gen Zers, ranging from middle school students to early professionals, are reporting higher rates of anxiety, depression, and distress than any other age group.1 The mental-health challenges among this generation are so concerning that US surgeon general Vivek Murthy issued a public health advisory on December 7, 2021, to address the “youth mental health crisis” exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.2
Read MoreThe caged lion may cease to roar, and try no longer the strength of the bars of his prison, and lie with his head between his mighty paws and snuff the polluted air as though he heeded not. But is he contented? Does he not instinctively long for the freedom of the forest and the plain? Yes, he is a lion still.
Read MoreIn some cases, people who have lost their house to foreclosure have kept collecting rent from tenants without letting on that they’re no longer the landlord. In others, con artists have broken into vacant houses, changed the locks, listed them for sale or rent, then collected payments from victims. Some fake sellers have even filed false deeds to make fake sales look legitimate, lawyers and experts say.
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