Back at the end of 1936 and into 1937 workers at a General Motors plant in Flint, Michigan held a sit-in strike. Michigan Governor Frank Murphy deployed the National Guard – not to break up the strike but to protect Read More …
Their Police
Category: Criminal Justice Reform
Kavanaugh’s America
As we’ve seen with Donald Trump and his richly raised ilk, America is not here to help the struggling, no, the government’s job is to preserve wealth and privilege. The current Supreme Court isn’t there for most of us, it works for Brett and his kind.
Embarrassing Reality
True, most every cop will deny targeting old white people to offset embarrassing data. Yet pulling over more white folk is easier than changing perceptions, prejudice and tradition.
West County Democrats Meeting Report March 2019
From 1970 to the present, the number of people incarcerated in the United States has grown 500%, and this is the result of bad policy at all levels. The percent of the U.S. population in prison today, is six times greater than the next closest country. The percentage in Missouri is even higher than the national average. In fact, Missouri is now #1 in female incarceration in the country…We cannot continue on this trajectory.
WCD Monthly Meeting 3-11-2019
West County Democrats Monthly Meeting 300 Weidman Road, Ballwin, MO 63011 United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 655 http://www.westcountydems.org Monday, March 11, 2019 9am Refreshments and socializing 9:30 Business meeting and announcements 10:30 Presentation Topic: Mass Incarceration Community Initiative: An Read More …
Changing the Dynamic
The wheel is turning in Missouri and, while the divide still seems great, progress was made in the 2018 midterms. We tend to be late adopters of trends that start at the coast and move inland, but change is coming if we stay strong.