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McConnell now admits human-caused global warming exists, but has no climate plan
InsideClimate News is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news outlet that covers climate, energy and the environment. As the nation decides which party will control the Senate this November, the race in Kentucky stands out for one big reason: It features Mitch McConnell. Loathed by Democrats across the country as a cynical power broker but praised by…
Photo Set: Cyclists rode to Breonna Taylor’s apartment, ‘lay their eyes on the truth’
Dozens of cyclists took to the streets Sunday to demand justice for Breonna Taylor during the Say Her Name Bike Ride. The ride began at Jefferson Square Park, where Shameka Sells-Moore spoke to the crowd about her daughter Shanaira Selden. Selden went missing last year in October and her body was found a week later…
How To Support Racial Justice, Diversity and Activism This Week In Louisville (9/14)
MONDAY, Sept. 14 Socially Distant Tour Stop Wendell Moore Park, Buckner Free | 6-7 p.m. Meet Alexandra Owensby, the Democratic nurse practitioner challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie in this year’s congressional race for District 4 (which does include part of Jefferson County.) Massie has recently said he doesn’t think racism is prevalent in police…
How To Support Racial Justice And Diversity This Weekend (9/11)
FRIDAY, Sept. 11 Power of Art Movement Artists Meet and Greet Roots 101 African-American Museum Free | 6-9 p.m. Meet the creators of the new art collective Power of Art Movement (or POAM), “whose focus is to create work and exhibitions using the power of art to deeply move, focusing on Positivity, Truth & Love.”…
If a grand jury is set to hear the Breonna Taylor case, what are some possibilities?
[Ed. note: WAVE3 News is alone among Louisville news media in reporting that, based on anonymous sources, Attorney General Daniel Cameron will soon present the Breonna Taylor case to a grand jury, The grand jurors would decide whether police officers responsible for her death are charged. Cameron has not confirmed the report. He said on…
Rep. Scott: unrest stems from ‘us being sick and tired of police murdering us’
Kentucky Republican leaders followed the lead of their national party last Tuesday by accusing Democrats of responding inappropriately to civil unrest and, in Louisville’s case, a rise in some violent crimes. State Sen. Julie Raque Adams, R-Louisville, wrote a letter signed by Senate Majority Leadership to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, asking him to help quell…
Savage Love: No Choke.
Q: I’m a 29-year-old, straight woman in Pennsylvania. My question has to do with choking and consent. I’ve had two experiences in the past six months or so where someone has tried to choke me without my consent. The first time this happened, I coughed immediately, but he tried multiple times during sex. I was caught so…
Morels smokes serious ‘que … without meat
Following on his success with vegan takes on popular fast-food dishes such as the Farby, an Arby’s knockoff made without a molecule of meat, Morels Cafe’s proprietor Stanley Chase has now turned his attention to a seemingly even more impossible task. Behold, Morels Vegan BBQ Smokehouse, where Chase is creating vegetarian, barbecued, pulled “pork” and…
Rumors caused city havoc, not the protests
On Tuesday, Aug. 25, Louisville was supposed to have been shut down by 600 cars and destroyed by thousands of Black militia. It didn’t happen, of course. Amid the protests for the unjust killing of Breonna Taylor by police, Louisville became the victim of a runaway reaction to pernicious disinformation and rumors spread and exaggerated…
Seven new songs (plus a music video) from Louisville artists
I’m pretty sure I’ve typed some variation of this sentence several times, but it’s always true: The volume and variety of new music coming out of this city always amazes me. Even in a pandemic, there’s been quite a bit of output, coming from locations all over the genre map. I’ve been trying to compile…
Thorns and Roses: The Worst, Best and Most Absurd (9/09)
Listen to black women (chiefs) | Rose Roses for Yvette Gentry, who becomes the city’s first Black woman police chief. She will hold that job until a permanent chief is replaced (a job she told The Courier Journal she does not want). But she’s poised to do much in the next months, as evidenced by her…
Photo Set: The derby went on, and so did the protest
It was a Derby not even close to another. No fans attended, but a heavy police presence and protesters from roughly three groups were there — those demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, a Black militia and counter-protesters who also were armed. The 146th running of the Kentucky Derby still occurred after being rescheduled from May…
#JusticeForBreonna, not politics
You may have never heard of Thomas Mann, the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, but you probably have heard his most-famous quote: “Everything is politics.” Sure, eventually, everything can be traced back to politics, but that doesn’t mean it should. For instance, the killing of Breonna Taylor in her own home shouldn’t be politicized.…
A message to Senate Republicans: ‘Do not blame protesters for failed downtown businesses’
The leadership of the state Senate’s Republican majority called last week on Gov. Andy Beshear for help in addressing what it called Mayor Greg Fischer’s failure to “restore order” in the city. Sen. Julie Raque Adams, R-Louisville, delivered a letter to the governor that says senators were “prepared to restore order and security to our…
