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On Tuesday, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) announced he is creating a commission to discuss the "social and economic conditions" that helped fuel the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, following
the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in August.
Nixon said the panel, which will be called the Ferguson Commission, will act with the "full authority" of Nixon's office. He will select 15 people to participate, and interested parties can
submit applications on the state's website. "We need to solve these problems ourselves," Nixon said during a press conference. "We need to solve them together, and we need to act now."
The commission will have three goals, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports: To study the underlying causes of the protests, determine what needs to be done to address concerns in the
community, and come up with recommendations for "making the St. Louis region a stronger, fairer place for everyone to live."
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book
of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
