Ferguson protest

A grant from the National Science Foundation will allow Sheretta Butler-Barnes, an associate professor in the Brown School at Washington University, and two other researchers study how Black parents talk to their children about the wave of violence against Black people in the country.

Michael Brown Jr.'s father and stepmother are still hopeful that the former Ferguson police officer who shot their son will be held accountable as conversations surrounding police violence and justice continue. Yet the family also is focused on healing.

The Missouri House has approved sweeping legislation that covers a wide range of law enforcement matters, most notably a provision that could make protesting in the middle of a street a felony.

Vivian Dudley was watching the news late Saturday when she noticed that fires were burning near the Epicenter, the retail space that houses her community…