Dealing with the Mental Health of the U.S.
Published by BlackCommentator.com, May 25, 2023 May is Mental Health Awareness Month. As the month ends, we can conclude that this country doesn’t take the issue seriously. It has never been healthy, based upon the violent nature of its founding – the theft and pillage of Indigenous land and culture, the enslavement of African peoples, […]
Fight to Control Circuit Attorney’s Office is Not Over
Published by St. Louis American, May 19, 2023 . Kim Gardner’s announcement of her resignation was a communal gut punch to supporters. She then left the office on May 16, 2023, not on June 1 as she first announced. The twice democratically elected circuit attorney had made a brief appearance just days before the announcement […]
The St. Louis Reform Prosecutor is Out
Published by BlackCommentator.com, May 11, 2023 In the post-Ferguson Uprising period, urban communities across the country began changing the political landscape by electing prosecutors with an agenda for fairness and justice. In the not-to-distant past, prosecutors racked up as many convictions as they could by any means necessary under the guise of fighting crime. […]