Chancellor Emeritus William H. Danforth, MD, who served as chancellor for 24 of his more than 65 years of service to Washington University in St. Louis, died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, at his home in Ladue, Mo. He was 94.
When this pandemic wanes – and it will, eventually – a sense of normalcy will return, and I hope this profession will return to a focus on safety and inclusion.
NAACP St. Louis County announces its strategic partnership with St. Vincent Home for Children for the purpose of food distribution to Normandy, MO residents and the general public.
Before going back to her hometown in Florida as her final resting place, the St. Louis community where Betty Jean Kerr built her life and legacy of serving the health needs of St. Louis families said their goodbyes on Wednesday, September 16. She died Saturday, September 12 in St. Louis. She…
Webster University has increased by a factor of five the number of scholarships it will offer every year to academically talented undergraduate students from ethnic groups typically under-represented in higher education, in the name of Donald M. Suggs, publisher and executive editor of The S…
A statewide election when the state’s incumbent secretary of state is on the ballot is always a little strange, given that the secretary of state for a state (as opposed to the federal cabinet position) is the state’s chief election authority. So, you have an elected official overseeing an e…
The sun always rises in the east and sets in the west; this is true at all times and in all places. There is an absolute political truth that has the same degree of metaphysical certainty. If you are Black and live in America, any proposition proposed by right-wing Republicans is detrimental…
Lou Brock Jr. was not the only son of Lou Brock nor his first-born child, but he was the first son of the Hall of Fame ballplayer and he bears the man’s name. Perhaps that is why, when offered a chance to talk to him about his father (who passed September 6 at 81), I wanted to start by telli…
Longtime educator Rev. Dr. Doris Graham attended a one-room schoolhouse for Black students called Attucks Elementary, once located in Clayton.
With Americans preparing to cast their votes in the next election in less than two months, filmmakers Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés present an urgent message with their film “All In: The Fight for Democracy.”
Darrion Cockrell being selected as 2021 Missouri Teacher of the Year by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is a recognition of a teaching specialty that is not always taken seriously: He is a physical education teacher at Crestwood Elementary in Lindbergh Schools.
The largest peaceful demonstration against racism and police brutality by NFL players took place in America’s largest city on Monday night.
The Missouri History Museum is pleased to host Vivian Gibson, author of The Last Children of Mill Creek, for a St. Louis History Live virtual program on Zoom on Thursday, October 1, at 6:30pm.
Black voters have a powerful role to play in this year’s elections. That’s why we are being targeted by disinformation campaigns that are meant to discourage and suppress our turnout. We can’t let them succeed.
The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis is going into business with Panera Bread, building on and sharing their respective strengths, among them workforce development, community outreach – and food.
The new coronavirus pandemic did not stop completion of three years in construction, nor the celebration of the new $550 million replacement Saint Louis University Hospital. A socially distant ribbon cutting was held on September 1.
Robin Robinson, secretary treasurer of the St. Louis Gateway Area Local of the American Postal Workers Union, delivered a strong appeal at the 57th annual Jefferson Bank Commemorative protest on August 28. Robinson urged participants to oppose the Trump administration's sabotage of the U.S. …
Bishop Dr. Mark Hilton Sandilands, presiding bishop/CEO at The Mission Consortium of Churches International, Inc., is organizing simultaneous voter registration drives to rally congregations to register to vote.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri officials announced today that two students have been expelled and three students were suspended for willful and knowing actions that threatened the safety of the campus and the broader Columbia community.
The St. Louis Region has lost a great business leader and pioneer for education. Atty. Wayman F. Smith III served as a member of the Harris-Stowe State University Board of Regents for 21 years, and as chairman for 12 of those years (1989-2010). He also initiated the first major corporate sp…
The family of Breonna Taylor and the City of Louisville, Kentucky agreed to a $12 million settlement of the civil suit brought against the city by the family for the wrongful death of Breonna Taylor by police. The city also agreed to implementing police reforms. The reforms include establish…
The cost for providing bridge medication program for individuals returning to the community after prison in Missouri has now been included in the health care contract by the Missouri Department of Corrections and will be administered by Corizon Health and Rx Outreach through December.
Bryan Berry, AAI, AIP, was named president of the Board of Directors of Vision for Children at Risk (VCR). VCR promotes the well-being of children, youth, and their families, with a primary focus on those impacted by socioeconomic risk and racial inequity.
The United Way of Greater St. Louis’ 2020 community fundraising campaign, which supports programs and organizations across the region that help local people live their best possible lives, is underway. This year’s campaign theme is “We are all United.”
The ACLU of Missouri has created a one shop stop guide to voting in our state. In addition to basic voting information, voters will be able to see candidate survey responses regarding civil liberties issues and ballot issue information. The ACLU of Missouri is a non-partisan organization and…
Covenant House Missouri opened its newly renovated Wellness Center on September 8, three months after a local family foundation awarded it $75,000 to expand and remodel its existing clinic.
The August 23 police shooting of an unarmed Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, triggered yet another round of community protests and national news coverage of a Black man. On August 28, the National Action Network served as a major organizer for a Commitment March, rededicating the yet unaddre…
Trojan Park in Wellston is one of two urban parks selected by the Urban Land Institute for this year’s Urban Open Space Award. The award recognizes outstanding examples of vibrant public open spaces that have been instrumental in promoting healthy, sustainable, and equitable outcomes in comm…
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhuman” Dr. Martin L. King Jr. proclaimed at the 1966 Annual Convention of the Medical Committee for Human Rights. More than five decades later, disparities in health care persist for African-American childre…
People’s Health Centers statement of loss at passing of former CEO
The court monitor will hold a hearing on the DOJ Ferguson Police Department case at 11 a.m. Tuesday. September 22. Due to the spread of COVID-19 and public safety concerns, the public will be able to listen to the hearing via telephone, but no in person appearances are allowed. To listen, ca…
Jordon Ryan, a 2020 John Burroughs School graduate, recently won a $750 scholarship from the Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists (GSLABJ). Ryan, who is attending Grinnell College in Iowa, submitted an article about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on his senior year of high…
City Hope St. Louis, soon to be the region’s largest housing and employment assistance organization, celebrated its first year as an incorporated 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a grand opening of its new headquarters building, located at 2010 S. Eighth St., on Friday, September 11.
The Wellston Tenant Association just wanted justice for their community.
In honor of the 2020 National Minority Enterprise Development Week (MED Week), the St. Louis Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Business Center will launch a Buy MBE Day in St. Louis on Saturday, September 19.
The August 4 election results were not just a matter of who won and who lost. An organized community is starting to see the fruits of its labor, from the streets to the ballot box. Being intentional and tangible has helped to put forth a vision of what we want the region to be. This informs …
As Jerome Morris scrolled through the previous winners of the prestigious Lyle M. Spencer Research Award to Transform Education, he called out the universities of fellow researchers: The University of California, Berkeley; the University of Chicago; Harvard University; the Massachusetts Inst…
Ms. Servisa Croff, 89 passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday, August 28, 2020, at her home in Florissant, Missouri.
The secretary of a state for a state is one of those elected positions only understood by regular voters, a category which is – tragically – a minority of the American public. To be fair to the majority of Americans who could not tell you what exactly the secretary of a state for a state doe…
The program focuses on gun violence de-escalation and provides resources to crime victims
On September 8, 2020, in the Hyde Park neighborhood, a house suddenly exploded and damaged the house next door. Fortunately, no one was at home when the house exploded because the family was in the process of moving. Fire investigators are still searching for a cause.
Clean Missouri, the landmark constitutional amendment that passed in 2018 to end gerrymandering and unfair district maps in Missouri, is under attack.
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United Way of Greater St. Louis honored Donald M. Suggs, publisher and executive editor of The St. Louis American and president of the St. Louis American Foundation, with the 2020 Freeman-Kortkamp Award for his years of service in the St. Louis region.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the hallways at Hodgen Tech Academy on Fridays looked like a robots’ LEGO playground.
As elected local prosecutors who have tried countless homicide cases to Missouri juries, we are gravely concerned regarding the miscarriage of justice from the unprecedented usurpation of the authority of a locally elected prosecutor being attempted by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt.
St. Louis County Library launched a new online tutoring program starting August 24. Tutor.com connects students in grades K-12 with live tutors in a safe and secure online classroom. The service is available 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Students can access academic tutoring, homewor…
History is being repeated. But this time around, don't be tricked. In my book “From the Projects to the Pyramids in Search of a Better Family Life,” I outlined numerous times during the 1960s when the police, state, and federal law enforcement apparatus descended on the Black protest movemen…
On Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, Panera presented a check for $500,000 to the Urban League of St. Louis for a 5-year initiative to combat food insecurity.
What's in a name? In electoral politics, an awful lot, and the general election for Missouri Secretary of State on November 3 is a name game to the utmost.
Darrion Cockrell, a physical education teacher at Lindbergh Schools’ Crestwood Elementary (St. Louis), was selected by a committee of his peers and education partners across the state as the 2021 Missouri Teacher of the Year. He becomes the 52nd Missouri Teacher of the Year since the program…
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