Jun 23 Democracy & Civic Life Meet the Teen Leading This Kentucky Town’s Discussion of Racism in Appalachia The courtroom was silent as 19-year-old Dayjha Hogg approached the lectern at a Letcher County fiscal court meeting, stared down a panel of county magistrates, and spoke. “I know COVID’s going around right now, so just imagine, there’s no COVID, normal society, and imagine you walk around and it’s like you have the plague.” Hogg […] By Sydney Boles Jun 23 Democracy & Civic Life Meet the Teen Leading This Kentucky Town’s Discussion of Racism in Appalachia Sydney Boles
Jun 19 Democracy & Civic Life Sherman vs. Lee: How One Man Sparked A Fight To Take Down A Confederate Statue In His Kentucky Town Toddlers yelling, running around the hardwood floors and leaving cracker crumbs on the ground. A laptop screen dented by a soup can dropped by a kid. At one point, a room covered from ceiling to floor with hand prints after kids were left alone with a paint can. But for the moment, Sherman Neal’s kids […] By Liam Niemeyer Jun 19 Democracy & Civic Life Sherman vs. Lee: How One Man Sparked A Fight To Take Down A Confederate Statue In His Kentucky Town Liam Niemeyer
Jun 8 Democracy & Civic Life Small Towns Host Black Lives Matter Marches As Movement Spreads Beyond Cities By now it’s become a familiar scene: Marchers fill the streets with placards proclaiming “Black Lives Matter,” and chants fill the air as the demonstrators recite the names of those lost. But there’s something different about some of these protests around the Ohio Valley in the past week. They’re not just happening in the larger […] By Liam Niemeyer and Staff Jun 8 Democracy & Civic Life Small Towns Host Black Lives Matter Marches As Movement Spreads Beyond Cities Liam Niemeyer and Staff