Maryville University has selected L.I.F.E. Arts (Leadership, Innovation, Faith, Entrepreneurship), an organization founded by soul singer, songwriter, producer and community advocate Brian Owens, as the recipient of a $100,000 grant that will be awarded over the next two years. “Maryville is honored to support the LIFE arts initiative and all the amazing work that it […]
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#GivingTuesday 2018 underway
“Giving Tuesday” (sometimes written #GivingTuesday), a day to raise funds for charitable causes, is officially underway. According to CNN.com, the day was started in 2012 by the 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation. “When this started out a couple years ago we were pretty skeptical about it,” admitted Colleen Finn-Ridenhour, Senior Vice President […]
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Keep the spirit of Small Business Saturday alive
Small Business Saturday 2018 has come and gone and, as in previous years, many of you came out and supported the boutiques, barber shops and restaurants in our local community. You shopped and dined “small,” as we like to say at the Small Business Administration, and I’m here to encourage you to keep doing exactly […]
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Former refugee studies abroad, deepens commitment to medicine
Eight years ago, I lived in Goldhap, a refugee camp in Nepal, where more than 7,000 people reside in just over 1,200 households, without running water or electricity. Today, I’m 22, a senior at Rochester Institute of Technology majoring in Biomedical Science and on a path to achieve my dream of becoming a doctor. I […]
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Why I am running for Board of Aldermen president
Today I filed to run for Board of Aldermen president for the City of St. Louis. Lewis Reed’s Board of Aldermen has failed our city, especially anyone living north of Delmar or south of Arsenal. We have a lot of great things happening in St. Louis, but a lot of our residents have lost confidence […]
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Can black women save democracy once again?
If you wake up Wednesday morning to find that the newest member of the United States Senate is a racist white woman who looks like the “after” picture in an anti-meth ad, you can blame it on the fact that there aren’t enough black women in Mississippi. On Tuesday, Mississippi voters will decide who fills […]
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Kawhi responds to Popovich’s leadership remarks
Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard has responded to criticism made by his former coach, Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs. On Saturday, Popovich, who coached Leonard for the first seven seasons of his career before he was traded in the offseason, was asked about guard Patty Mills’ leadership now that Leonard was shipped out […]
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McCluer senior Khaliah Booker publishes a novel, introduces ‘Of a Man’ to fellow students at recent book signing
Khaliah Booker, a senior at McCluer High School, can add “published author” to her list of extensive accomplishments. Booker introduced her novel “Of a Man” to McCluer students during a recent book signing, where she read an excerpt from the book and answered questions regarding her journey to becoming an author. “I started ‘Of a […]
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Climate change is a threat to the health of the human species
The National Medical Association opposes the proposed repeal of the Clean Power Plan and replacement with the Affordable Clean Energy or “ACE” rule. Since our founding nearly 120 years ago, the National Medical Association has faithfully carried out our mission to represent the interests of over 50,000 African-American physicians and the patients we serve. It […]
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Get ready for Mueller time
If stupidity were oil, America would be Saudi Arabia. We elected Trump. We believe idiot fake stories on Facebook. We mainline conspiracy theories like a back alley oxy fiend. We think vaccines cause diseases. We love guns, believe climate change is a hoax, and use motorized scooters at the store because we’re too fat to […]