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‘Trump Revenge Tour,’ A Political Cartoon By Michael Ray
Michael Ray has been published in the esteemed local alt-press, including CityPaper, MainStreet, Louisville Artist Magazine, and spent a handful of years at…
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Louisville Vintage Shop Announces Closing
But don’t cry yet, they said it’s a good thing. Hardtimes Collective opened its shop in April of 2023. At the time, owners Megan Widmer and Chaella Higdon said they opened the business together after becoming best friends during the pandemic. Widmer and Chaella combined their two individual brands, Lily and Rose Designs, and Vintage…
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‘Free’Dom Of Speech, A Political Cartoon By Michael Ray
After a several-decade hiatus from cartooning and 13 years away from Louisville, Michael Ray returns to cartooning. Previously, he was published in the esteemed local alt-press, including CityPaper, MainStreet, Louisville Artist Magazine, and spent a handful of years at the University of Louisville Cardinal (starting in the mid-seventies “shudder”). He is unapologetically still a liberal…
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Art Sanctuary Building Owners Raise Rent Then Purchase New “Art Center” Property To Replicate Group’s Model In ‘For-Profit’ Venture
Story updated 2:20 a.m. When the owners of 1433 S. Shelby St. raised the rent on their tenant Art Sanctuary, the group knew that it would have to find a new space. The rent increase was 41% plus Art Sanctuary was required to give the owners, Frankie Steele, Brittany Baker, and father Charlie Baker, a…
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‘One-Day Sentence’ For Brett Hankison In Breonna Taylor Case Underscores American Fetish For Injustice
The Department of Justice suggested a one-day prison sentence for Brett Hankinson, a former LMPD officer implicated in the Breonna Taylor case. Hankison fired his weapon recklessly into Taylor’s home at least 10 times. The family of Taylor has expressed heartbreak over the DOJ’s statement, and others, including Metro Council member Shameka Parrish-Wright, the Urban…
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Guest Opinion: The Real-Life Consequences of Bad Policy: One Year of House Bill 5
By Amber Duke On July 15, 2024, House Bill 5 went into effect and made Kentucky one of the first states in the country to criminalize street camping. One year later, we’re left with a chilling legacy: hundreds of citations, growing mistrust of outreach efforts, worsening homelessness, and a question that still hangs heavy: why…
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The Corpse Of America Is The Legacy We’ll Leave
America, the beautiful, is a deserted strip mall. School is about to start for kids across the country, against the backdrop of Trump and his cabinet of hustlers dismantling the Department of Education. With that in mind, I took my son to look for a few new clothes for school. We hit a local Marshall’s…
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Kentucky Equal Justice Center Falls To Budget Cuts
The Kentucky Equal Justice Center has worked since its founding in 1976 to promote justice and equality for low-income Kentuckians by serving as a nonpartisan voice providing direct legal services, legislative advocacy, and education. Now, with cuts in funding facing many nonprofits — particularly those that serve as legal advocates for the underserved — KEJC…
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“Taco Tuesday,” A Political Cartoon By Michael Ray
After a several-decade hiatus from cartooning and 13 years away from Louisville, Michael Ray returns to cartooning. Previously, he was published in the esteemed local alt-press, including CityPaper, MainStreet, Louisville Artist Magazine, and spent a handful of years at the University of Louisville Cardinal (starting in the mid-seventies “shudder”). He is unapologetically still a liberal…
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Greenberg’s Budget Funds Police Increase And Again Leaves Louisville Youth Programming And Arts Struggling
By any metric, one of the best things you can do for your city is to support its arts, particularly arts programming for young people. Baltimore, Maryland is seeing its lowest homicide rates in 50 years. It is no accident that their mayor, Brandon Scott, instituted solid youth programming and education, over $500 million dollars…
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“A BigBustBill” Political Cartoon By Michael Ray
After a several-decade cartooning hiatus and 13 years away from Louisville, Michael Ray returns to cartooning. Previously, he was published in the esteemed local alt-press, including CityPaper, MainStreet, Louisville Artist Magazine, and spent a handful of years at the University of Louisville Cardinal (starting in the mid-seventies “shudder”). He is unapologetically still a liberal hippie.…