Cover Stories
Breonna Taylor, In The Words And Photos Of Her Sister
The first photo many of us saw of Breonna Taylor was her in an EMT uniform, standing proudly with flowers in Louisville Metro Hall. It was a happy photo, a beautiful one. It’s just not the only photo that Ju’Niyah Palmer, Breonna Taylor’s sister, wants us to see of her. “I don’t like that you…
Cockfight Crusades: Illinois Man Is On A Mission, Exposes Kentucky Ring
[Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Illinois Times] My first unforgettable cockfight was when I was 4-5 years old. My father has a black henny of Philippine Game strain which was decoupled early in the fight. Broke both two legs it seems. Down on the ground. But he is very feisty and game,…
COVID Cancels Championship Boxing Match In Louisville
The rabbi, the ring, the redemption — it would have been a perfect story for boxer Yuri Foreman. Then came the fatigue. Then the fever. Foreman, 40, a former world championship boxer, who is also an ordained rabbi, was scheduled to fight Jimmy “Quiet Storm” Williams, 34, for the American Boxing Federation super welterweight championship…
Photo Set: Breonna Remembered, Justice Called For At Memorial Rally
Hundreds of people gathered on Saturday, once again at Injustice Square — the site of 2020’s racial justice protests — to chant Breonna Taylor’s name. This time, it was in observance of the one year anniversary of her killing by Louisville police. The rally and march, organized in part by the New York-based group Until…
How To Support Racial Justice, Diversity and Activism This Week In Louisville (3/15)
MONDAY, March 15 Unlocking the Truth Series: HIV & Mass Incarceration Facebook Live Free | 5-6 p.m. Tune into Change Today, Change Tomorrow’s Facebook page for a talk about the link between HIV and the racist history of mass incarceration. Your presenters are Shelton McElroy with the Louisville Community Bail Fund and Trinidad Jackson and…
It’s all good at The Fishery
For a long time, I had my doubts about the trope that Louisville really loves its fish so much that we sell more cod than any other city except Boston, the home of the bean and … well, you know. Yeah, we love those fried cod sandwiches like the delights from The Fishery. I didn’t…
The Speed Art Museum Pays Reverence To The Life And Legacy Of Breonna Taylor
On April 7, the Speed Art Museum will open a show dedicated to the life of Breonna Taylor and the worldwide events and protests that followed after her murder. In a city still in the grips of pain and division, “Promise, Witness, Remembrance” is a major step for a large institution to put itself directly…
Studio Visit: Daniel Pfalzgraf of WheelHouse Art
The art framing business has been booming during the pandemic. Daniel Pfalzgraf, owner of WheelHouse Art, supposes that’s because people have been trapped in their houses, staring at their walls. Pfalzgraf bought the B. Deemer Gallery from Brenda Deemer earlier this year after having spent eight years as a staff member there before leaving to…
Local recording label Kr8vN8vs spent 2020 preparing for 2021 and a lot of new music is coming
Getting into the music industry is tough for young artists. Often, it is as gated as any community of affluence and nothing short of being the child of a star or somehow adjacent to someone famous can get one through the door. Kr8vN8vs Records founder, Romell Weaver was not satisfied with this. “Kr8vN8vs, started from…
You Do Not Find The Next Amanda Gorman By Silencing Black Girls
On Jan. 20, during President Joe Biden’s inauguration, we watched in awe as Amanda Gorman, the nation’s first-ever youth poet laureate, took to the stage and spoke truth to power — after Jan. 6, 2021. Amanda Gorman stood and spoke to the nation just days after hundreds of predominately white people stormed the Capitol, waving…
The Need for Sexual Assault Education, Awareness And Prevention In The I/DD Community
It was a late evening in March 2019 when Natalie was on her way home from work. Her cab driver was one she was familiar with as he had driven her numerous times through the TARC3 program with no incident. But on this night, he insisted on helping her carry her backpack and lunch box…
State Republicans Target Protesters With Dangerous Bill
Senate Bill 211 is an astonishing new level of police-boot licking by Republicans. It includes several provisions that Republicans will claim are police-protection measures. But, as you will see, not one reform fixes a problem. What’s more telling, each provision can be tied back to the racial justice movement and protests of last summer. GOP…
Will A State No-Knock Bill Honor Breonna Taylor’s Legacy?
Tamika Palmer stared at the framed ordinance in her hands, smiling down at it as she stood in front of Metro Hall, while a group of protesters cheered from below the building’s steps. It was June, and the Louisville council had just passed Breonna’s Law — a ban on no-knock warrants in the city —…
