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Valerie Nichols lived in the St. Louis neighborhood where she was raised and gave back until she was physically unable. Her work helped keep residents living in 675 low-income apartments safe.
Tyra Johnson's children have been out of school since March, with their mom finding ways to keep their education on track despite the challenges of losing her job and living in a neighborhood with frequent gunfire.
A St. Louis resident faces heightened risks as the scourge of the coronavirus adds to the health challenges faced by many people in her community.
Tyra Johnson doesn't allow her kids to play outside, so they've been stuck indoors during the pandemic. Her apartment sits in Preservation Square, in 63106, the ZIP code where people live an average of 18 years fewer than those living eight miles away in Clayton.
‘I always felt like an outsider at U. City,’ Judy Gladney says. But that may finally change this week.
An account of the path one family has taken over several generations to gain their purchase on the American Dream and at the same time witness for social justice.
Illinois, Indiana and Iowa have seized millions of dollars in property under civil asset forfeiture laws, but critics say recent reforms to the laws do not go far enough to protect citizens.
Nearly eight weeks after Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico's eastern coast, the struggle continues for the basics–food, water and gas.
Eric Gibson is one of many Liberian refugees living at Park Hill Apartments in Staten Island, New York. And like numerous others in the community, he's struggling to find jobs and make a living.
SOUTH BASTAR, India — Two years ago, Comrade Sunil spent half his day at school and the remainder working the red fields of his ancestral village.
But his life changed one night when he found his home torched and older brother dead outside, allegedly shot by a state-sponsored civilian militia cracking down on Maoist sympathizers.
Salam and Hanan's 6-month-old son, Hamoudi, will probably not grow up in Baghdad. He will have lots of company.
Salam, Hanan and Hamoudi are among about 2 million Iraqi war refugees living in Syria and Jordan. They left Baghdad in June after their house was raided by militiamen because Salam worked as an accountant for the Iraqi government. He took a leave from his job, but it seems unlikely he will return. He was also threatened by members of a political party after filing a report that implicated party members who work in Iraqi government of embezzlement and corruption.
Alberto Robles stood beneath a street lamp whose yellow glow hung over a corner of the barrio where he has lived his whole life.
Robles, 36, pointed to a steep hillside dotted with lights nearby where a block of crumbling shacks was recently replaced by sturdy houses. It's a shining example of grass-roots government at work, he said.
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