missouri
A Missouri Senate Candidate Is Attacking a Trans Swimmer in Pennsylvania
The right-wing obsession with college swimmer Lia Thomas has moved from cable news to the campaign trail.
States Are Trying to Exempt Cops From Paying Taxes
Republicans in Georgia, Kentucky, and New Mexico have all introduced bills that would spare police from having to pay state taxes.
Governor Wants to Prosecute Journalist Who Clicked ‘View Source’ on Government Site
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch journalist found 100,000 Social Security numbers exposed in a government website, and reported the flaw to the government.
Ernest Lee Johnson Was Just Executed in Missouri
Ernest Lee Johnson, who was convicted of three 1994 murders, had fetal alcohol syndrome as a child and lost one-fifth of his brain tissue.
Missouri Will Still Execute Ernest Lee Johnson, Who’s Intellectually Disabled
Ernest Lee Johnson is set to be executed in Missouri Tuesday evening. Civil rights advocates are saying it’s unconstitutional and cruel.
Anti-Maskers Exposed Themselves to COVID at Their Own Protest
Everyone who attended a city council meeting in Missouri, where a mask mandate was voted down, has potentially been exposed to COVID.
Black Teen Found Dead in White Man’s Attic Didn't Kill Himself, Jury Finds
Derontae Martin’s family has insisted the 19-year-old did not die by suicide. A jury just agreed with them.
The Gun-Touting McCloskeys Got Pardoned. These Black Men Didn’t.
Kevin Strickland and Lamar Johnson were convicted of murder years ago, but prosecutors have since agreed that was a mistake.
Mark McCloskey Isn’t Sorry For Waving a Gun at BLM Protesters: ‘I’d Do It Again’
The St. Louis attorney who waved a rifle at protesters walking past his house pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor.
This Dad’s Emotional Defense of His Trans Daughter’s Rights Is Going Viral
“As a parent, the one thing we cannot do, the one thing, is silence our child’s spirit,” Brandon Boulware told the Missouri state Legislature.
Red States Keep Voting to Give Government Health Care to Poor People
In states without Medicaid expansion, it can be virtually impossible to qualify for the program unless you’re pregnant, an extremely low-income parent, or deeply ill and disabled.
Anti-Eviction Protesters Just Blocked People From Entering a New Orleans Courthouse
As state moratoriums on evictions expire, activists are attempting to physically block court evictions across the country.