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Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. ,arrives at the BET Awards on Sunday, June 27, 2021, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

House Democrats slammed for America-bashing July 4th posts

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Rep. Cori Bush, D-St. Louis, addresses the press after touring both St. Louis jails on Saturday, April 24, 2021, outside the Medium Security Institution known as The City Workhouse. Standing to the left is St. Louis City Mayor Tishaura O. Jones. Ms. Bush and a group of other progressive House Democrats slept outside the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Friday, July 30, 2021, to protest the looming expiration of the federal eviction moratorium. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) **FILE**

Cori Bush honors Ferguson activist known for heckling cops with ‘pigs’ chant

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2021 file photo, Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., arrives at the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington. Bush of St. Louis, gave emotional testimony Thursday, May 6, to a congressional committee examining the Black maternal health crisis. Bush, described how she nearly lost two children two decades ago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite File)

St. Louis congresswoman describes nearly losing two babies

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St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones addresses the press after touring the both St. Louis jails, on Saturday, April 24, 2021, outside the Medium Security Institution, known as the City Workhouse. &quot;At the end of the day people deserve to be treated with dignity and respect,&quot; said Jones, who is flanked by Congresswoman Cori Bush, D-St. Louis, left, and Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner, right. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Officials visit St. Louis jails to check out conditions

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Private bill seeks freedom for man living in Missouri church

By JIM SALTER - Associated Press

Democrat Cori Bush poised to reshape Missouri delegation

By BY BRYAN LOWRY AND KELSEY LANDIS - Associated Press

Cori Bush is photographed outside her campaign headquarters in Northwoods, Mo., on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Bush pulled a stunning political upset, beating 20-year incumbent Rep. William Lacy Clay in Missouri’s 1st District Democratic primary. The district that covers St. Louis and north St. Louis County is overwhelmingly Democratic and Bush is heavily favored in November. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Bush latest Ferguson protester with political success

By JIM SALTER - Associated Press

In this Jan. 27, 2019, file photo Cori Bush poses for a portrait to promote the film &quot;Knock Down the House&quot; at the Salesforce Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Bush, a onetime homeless woman who led protests following a White police officer's fatal shooting of a Black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Mo., ousted longtime Rep. William Lacy Clay Tuesday in Missouri's Democratic primary, ending a political dynasty that has spanned more than a half-century. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP, File)

Protest leader Bush ousts 20-year US Rep. Clay in Missouri

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

New York Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is campaigning for Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan, who hopes to become the nation's first Muslim governor. (Associated Press/File)

St. Louis Democrat hopes to duplicate Ocasio-Cortez feat

By JIM SALTER - Associated Press

Darryl Gray, a pastor with deep roots in civil rights activism who serves as a mentor to the unofficial leaders of the so-called Frontline protest movement poses for a photo in St. Louis, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Protests have been plentiful in St. Louis since the mid-September acquittal of Jason Stockley, a white former officer who fatally shot a black drug suspect, Anthony Lamar Smith, in 2011 while still on the city's police force. Young people have been thrust into activism driven by the belief that change won't happen until the entire region is confronted with the uncomfortable reality of racism. (AP Photo by Jim Salter)

New wave of protest leaders emerged after Ferguson

By JIM SALTER - Associated Press