Cori Bush

Three Democratic members of Congress have offered deeply personal testimony about their own abortions as a congressional committee looks at how to respond to conservative states that are passing laws limiting abortion access.

The eviction moratorium, which was first set up in September 2020, is set to expire on Saturday.

Lawmakers are sharing their personal, often stunning accounts of the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol

Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., on Thursday recalled her experience during the Capitol Riot: “I just remember taking a second thinking, if they touch these doors, if they hit these doors… and come anywhere near my staff, my thought process was, ‘We bangin’ ’til the end.’ I’m not letting them take out my people, and you’re not taking me...

Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., said Friday that she’s moving her congressional office away from that of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., after Bush says Greene and her staff “berated” her in a hallway. “A maskless Marjorie Taylor Greene & her staff berated me in a hallway. She targeted me & others on social media. I’m moving my office away...

Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., slammed President Donald Trump on Wednesday and called on Congress to impeach the president. “The 117th Congress must understand that we have a mandate to legislate in defense of Black lives. The first step in that process is to root our white supremacy, starting with impeaching the white supremacist-in-chief.”

Progressive Democrats are celebrating two primary victories in U.S. House races.

Cori Bush, a onetime homeless woman who led protests following a white police officer’s fatal shooting of a Black 18-year-old in Ferguson, has ousted longtime Rep. William Lacy Clay in Missouri’s Democratic primary

Two young men were found dead inside torched cars. Three others died of apparent suicides. Another collapsed on a bus, his death ruled an overdose. Six deaths, all involving men with connections to protests in Ferguson, Missouri, drew attention on social media and speculation in the activist community that something sinister was at play. Police say there is no evidence...

Three St. Louis police officers were indicted Thursday for allegedly beating an undercover colleague during a 2017 protest and, along with a fourth officer, conspiring to cover up the crime. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the indictments of officers Dustin Boone, Randy Hays, Christopher Myers and Bailey Colletta. All four are suspended without pay, the city said. The indictment...

Three St. Louis police officers were indicted Thursday for allegedly beating an undercover colleague during a 2017 protest and, along with a fourth officer, conspiring to cover up the crime. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the indictments of officers Dustin Boone, Randy Hays, Christopher Myers and Bailey Colletta. All four are suspended without pay, the city said. The indictment...

Young people thrust into activism by the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson are leading a new wave of civil disobedience in St. Louis, mentored by a civil rights movement veteran and driven by the belief that change won’t happen until the entire region is confronted with the uncomfortable reality of racism. Protests have been plentiful in St....

Hundreds of mostly white protesters gathered Thursday evening in downtown St. Louis and marched, chanting “white silence is violence.” Organizers called for the “White Allies Only” rally, which began at Kiener Plaza. The demonstration is the latest of several since Friday, when a judge acquitted former police officer Jason Stockley, who is white, of fatally shooting a 24-year-old black man,...