On March 8th of this year, following two years of research, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) finally released … More
Category: Kentucky
Dwindling Voices: Endangered Languages in Our Communities and Around the World
Hilaria Cruz, Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Louisville Like recipes that are cherished and handed down through … More
The Green Book: How Traveling Black Americans Navigated Jim Crow
Decades before desegregation and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Black Americans struggled to travel throughout the … More
A Short History of Black Labor Movements in America
Born out of necessity, America’s Black labor movements have left an indelible mark upon the social fabric of our country. … More
Rediscovering Local Legends: Louisville’s First Black Council Members
Local government leaders hardly ever garner the attention or acclaim held by federal or even state government leaders. The level … More
Amendment 2 and the Attorney General’s Attempts to Ignore the Voice of the People
When the Kentucky General Assembly proposed an amendment to the Kentucky Constitution removing any inferred right to abortion, many believed … More
Jim Crow’s War in America Continues in Virginia and Kentucky
Virginia and Kentucky stand as two of the four commonwealths in the nation, along with Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. These two … More
Can Kentucky Afford to Restore Felons’ Right to Vote? It Can’t Afford Not to.
Disenfranchisement, or the permanent revocation of a person’s ability to vote, is a punishment written into the very foundations of … More
Who Would Win in A Fight: Old Dead Plants or Rocks That Can Melt Your Organs? How Retired Coal Power Plants Could Hold the Key to Kentucky’s Future
The U.S. Department of Energy released a report this September that outlined how hundreds of coal power plants could be … More
Behind Bars: The Economic Incentive to Incarcerate in Rural Kentucky
For decades in Kentucky and throughout the United States, it has been a commonly held notion that incarceration is predominantly … More