Jasmine McWherter was promoted to Client Experience manager at Psychological Associates, a consulting company that applies behavioral science to business performance. Her responsibilities include serving as the primary contact for high-level clients throughout their entire assessment process. Before this promotion, she served as a psychometrist and Client Solutions specialist. Previously she worked at a behavioral health company as […]
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MO Supreme Court sides with Kim Gardner, rules that circuit attorney can investigate officers she summons as witnesses
A Missouri Supreme Court ruling issued on December 4 added clarity as to whether the St. Louis City Circuit Attorney’s office can summon police officers to be witnesses in prosecuting their cases and then investigate them for use of force. The state’s highest court unanimously ruled that Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s office does have that […]
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Michael Butler appointed to the Deaconess Foundation Board of Trustees
Michael Butler was appointed to the Deaconess Foundation Board of Trustees. He is recorder of deeds-elect for the City of St. Louis and previously represented part of St. Louis City (District 79) in the Missouri House of Representatives and served as chair of the House Democratic Caucus. For the past two years, he co-chaired Deaconess […]
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How George H.W. Bush helped set the stage for Trump
Almost a quarter-century before the Republican Party decided that the wrong side won World War II, George H.W. Bush recognized the power of the scary black man to galvanize white voters. On this National Day of Mourning for the 41st president, it’s good to remember that his kindness and decency didn’t make him immune from […]
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Kansas City memorial is among first to honor a Missouri lynching victim
(St. Louis Public Radio) – Levi Harrington was lynched on April 3, 1882, in the West Bottoms neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. That may seem like a long time ago, but after 136 years, the racial terror of lynchings reverberates today. That’s why lynchings — and Harrington — are being remembered in Kansas City with […]
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Kennedy Holmes sails through to semifinals on ‘The Voice’
Kennedy Holmes, the 13-year-old 8th grader from John Burroughs, was the first name called during Tuesday night’s results episode of NBC’s “The Voice.” She was voted through to the season 15 semifinals of the hit NBC vocal talent competition. What a shock – said absolutely no one. The fact that everyone presumed she was safe on […]
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Decarcerate St. Louis
It’s really puzzling that Judge Jimmie Edwards, with his background, education, skills and commitment to the St. Louis community, would call for an increase in mandatory minimum sentences for those convicted of armed criminal action from three years to 15 or 25 years. Edwards believes that increasing mandatory minimum sentences will help reduce gun violence […]
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Cheri Tillis appointed to STL Workforce Development Board
Cheri Tillis was appointed to St. Louis city’s Workforce Development Board by Mayor Lyda Krewson. She is chief operating officer at Fathers Support Center. The board, which consists of 35 volunteer citizens, is the governing entity overseeing programs implemented by the St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment.
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Eta Boule of Sigma Pi Phi partners with Harris-Stowe
The Eta Boule of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, the oldest African-American fraternity in the country, recently announced a $33,500 gift and partnership with Harris-Stowe State University. Both organizations are committed to helping increase the representation of college-educated African-American men in positions of leadership in the St. Louis region. “Historically, our fraternity has always been committed […]
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St. Louis’ investment in policing is not working
Maya Angelou famously said, “When people show you who they are, believe them.” St. Louis-area police have not been shy about showing themselves as of late. Just in the past 10 days, we have seen two separate examples of local officers proudly boasting about the unbridled use of state violence against helpless civilians. First came […]