Louisville jail leaders and city officials have quietly kickstarted conversations about replacing the facility, a proposal that has a potentially hefty price tag for taxpayers.
The push for a new jail comes amid an ongoing crisis: Ten people have …
Carl Paladino entered the Republican primary for New York’s 23rd Congressional District with a history of extreme statements, and the Buffalo real estate developer lived up to that reputation once the race started.
His campaign was marred by headlines about …
Beth Howard, Op-Ed for the Boston Globe
My beloved Eastern Kentucky has been ravaged by floods that have killed at least 37 people, destroyed homes and businesses, and left entire communities in ruins. In the midst of chaos and mudslides, …
White supporters of racial justice around Buffalo have watched white nationalist ideologies creep into their communities. They’ve mobilized to convince people that white nationalism is not the answer.
The mass shooting that killed 10 Black people at a grocery store …
Queers at the End of the World is a thoughtful, nerdy, and very queer conversation on the apocalypse. On the podcast, we discuss classic and contemporary novels, poetry, comics, games, tv-shows, and films that help us understand our dystopian moment—and …
White disabled activists combating racism against the non-white disabled community is the topic of this edition of Pushing Limits radio program. Producer/host Eddie Ytuarte will interview Micah Peace, a co-coordinator of Disability SURJ, a chapter of the national organization …
Ivette Ale and Dahlia Ferlito talk with Erin Heaney, director of Showing Up for Racial justice, about the history of white people taking anti-racist action in multiracial coalitions for collective liberation. This is a collaboration between Small Beans and Showing …
Beth Howard, Rural Kentucky Campaign Director at SURJ, came up with the slogan “Rednecks for Black Lives.”. She recently shared her story with Soledad O’Brien on Matter of Fact: Promises of Change Listening Tour, where she challenges her fellow …
By Roberto Roldan, WFPL Louisville
Workers at the jail in downtown Louisville are speaking out about what they see as a growing crisis. They say the jail is overcrowded, understaffed and its infrastructure — like computers, elevators and cell door …
By Adrian Florido, NPR
Adrian Florido: Police and vigilantes, says Erin Heaney (National Director for SURJ), respond less aggressively when there are white people in a crowd. The fact that Rittenhouse was acquitted despite his victims being white, she says, …
