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‘New American History,’ 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…

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…
“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.…
‘How I Came to Love School Phone Bans,’ by Jon Larmee

Educator Jon Larmee writes about school phone bans in Jefferson County, which are set to expand in the coming 2025-26 school year. There’s a lot of ways to serve up the anti-smartphone spiel. A YouTube search alone about escaping the algorithm’s clutch returns an unfathomable well of videos. Your Facebook account (which the kids tell…
“Project 2025” A 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.…
“Firestarter” A 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.…
Marking 10 Years Of Marriage Equality [Guest Opinion]

By Amber G. Duke, ACLU of Kentucky Executive Director “Hi. My name is April Miller and Kim Davis just denied me a marriage license.” 10 years ago, I answered that call from Morehead, Kentucky. I was the ACLU of Kentucky’s communications director at the time, and I knew immediately what April’s call meant. Without a…
“Parade Life” A 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.…
Louisville’s Quills Coffee Baristas Vote Unanimously To Ratify Union Contract

Baristas at Quills Coffee voted unanimously to ratify their first union contract. With 32 votes in favor, Quills baristas secured historic wage increases, the elimination of wage caps, paid family leave, and better workplace protections. The contract will cover nearly 60 workers and is effective immediately. Wage increases will begin in the next pay period. …
Louisville Urban League Creates Juneteenth Community Calendar

Looking for Juneteenth activities or have one to share? The Louisville Urban League has created a user-friendly Juneteenth calendar for the community. Juneteenth is a celebration that commemorates the day that the news of emancipation from enslavement reached those in Galveston, TX. On June 19, 1865, General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the…
Louisville Activists Discover DHS Program, ISAP, Betraying Compliant Immigrants, Turning Them Over To ICE

Community members came forward and alerted Louisville Showing Up For Racial Justice (LSURJ) that the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (ISAP) has been turning people over to ICE. ISAP is a Department of Homeland Security Program that checks on those involved in the immigration process. LSURJ feels that it is unfair and essentially entrapment. “The idea…