George Floyd

If you’ve followed the scores of Black Lives Matter protests that have filled St. Louis-area streets for nearly two months, you’ve likely seen their work in your social media feeds.Citizen journalists have livestreamed or live-tweeted nearly every demonstration following the police killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville this spring. Most have no formal journalism training and no newsroom team or subscriber base supporting them. But many people in the region’s Black community consider them credible news sources.

If May had been a normal month, Ryan Staples would have been busy with the trappings of the end of his senior year at Fort Zumwalt West High School in…

It was one week after George Floyd had been killed by a police officer in Minneapolis, and protests calling for police accountability over treatment of…

State Rep. Kevin Windham Jr. is the latest guest on "Politically Speaking." The Hillsdale Democrat talked with St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum…

After decades of protests against police brutality, 19-year-old Kenidra Adams thought stopping officers from killing black people would be a top priority…

The hearing included two panels, one on policing in the black community, and another, the chairman said, with "folks who can tell us about the other side of the story and ways to go forward."

The Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis is speaking out against racism and pledging support for the Black Lives Matter movement.On Sunday, the…

Activists again took to streets, parks and intersections across the St. Louis region this weekend to call for an end to heavy-handed policing tactics.At…

Updated at 5:45 p.m. June 11 with additional statement from BartonSt. Louis County Police Chief Mary Barton is further clarifying remarks she made about…

Updated at 9:20 p.m. June 10 with additional information from the protest Florissant police detective Joshua Smith has lost his job, days after video of…