The city of Charleston is making progress on two strategies to build more trust between the Charleston Police Department and the people it serves, particularly minorities. The city has launched its search for an independent firm to review the department’s policing practices and identify any racial biases that might be at work when officers are […]

The Charleston area is an increasingly unaffordable place for too many local residents to live. That’s hardly news to tens of thousands of people who struggle to pay rent or find a reasonably priced home close to where they work. So it’s not surprising there was broad consensus regarding the housing crisis at this year’s

With housing prices in the Charleston area still hovering well above the national average, a coalition of local ministries has convinced elected officials in the Lowcountry’s largest cities and towns to team up and do something about it. The Charleston Area Justice Ministry on Monday held its sixth annual Nehemiah Action Assembly, an event designed to

When LuAnn Rosenzweig’s son got in a fight 14 years ago at Wando High, the administration punished him with a three-day suspension. What bothered Rosenzweig is that the school didn’t address the underlying conflict: Her son and the other students returned to school three days later and were expected to act as if nothing had

Two community leaders and a Charleston organization will be honored with awards at the upcoming 46th annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. Joan Robinson-Berry, vice president and general manager of Boeing South Carolina and Boeing Commercial Airplanes, and the Rev. Nelson B. Rivers III, pastor of Charity Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston,

On June 20, one day after the Post & Courier published my op-ed, the Mayor’s office issued a press releasedisputing factual statements I’d made. This press release contains several erroneous statements, some of which were contradicted by the Mayor during the June 20 council meeting. This document is still on the city website–it was included in a

On May 23rd, during the Citizens’ Participation portion of the Charleston City Council meeting, members of the Charleston Area Justice Ministry (CAJM) spoke about the need for the city to hire an external auditor to investigate racial bias in the police department. At CAJM’s Nehemiah Assembly in April, we highlighted this issue in more detail and

In order to explain why the city of Charleston needs an external audit of its police department, I first need to ask a question. Why is it so hard, for many of us, to say that any police officers ever did anything wrong? We’re willing to criticize presidents and doctors and teachers if we believe

It’s almost time for the Charleston Area Justice Ministry (CAJM) to hold its 2017 Nehemiah Action Assembly, April 24, 7 PM, Mt. Moriah Baptist Church on Rivers Avenue. I think you’ll be glad you came, if you can make it. There’ll be some singing, some testimonials, and some questions for our public officials, asking them