Residents of New York City are fortunate to have the opportunity to hear the music of jazz composer Charles Mingus almost on a daily basis, as three bands devoted to his legacy n the Mingus Orchestra, the Mingus Big Band and Mingus Dynasty n have regular gigs in the city. The rest of us have […]
Posted inLetters to the editor
Rosco oldie
I am Joe Jonas of Dallas, Texas. My lady friend picked up a copy of your paper when she was in St. Louis and showed me the story about Rosco Gordon. I was around Dallas in the ‘50s when Rosco Gordon was here. I was working as a solo artist when the Red Tops were […]
Posted inPolitical eye
A hot hotline
While other cities have corruption hotlines, it’s the Eye’s guess that the newly established hotline in East St. Louis will probably have multiple phones ringing off the hook. To contact the hotline for the Metro-East Public Corruption Task Force, call (618) 397-4401. It is for anyone who has information for the FBI regarding the investigation […]
Posted inBusiness
Wealth and income in black and white
As part of the “Race, Power & Money” series presented by the Missouri Historical Society, Melvin L. Oliver n dean of social sciences and professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara n spoke Saturday afternoon to a crowd of nearly 100 on the topic “Black Wealth/White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial […]
Posted inPeople on the move
Hall on the move
Schnucks East St. Louis store manager Kenneth Hall, Jr., was recently honored with the Edward J. Schnuck award for outstanding community service. The award is named for the late Edward J. Schnuck, uncle of the six siblings who now run the family business. Schnucks President and Chief Operating Officer Scott Schnuck said Hall was selected […]
Posted inEditorials
Hizzoner should quit ‘monkeying’ around
Edward I. Koch defending George W. Bush? The former New York City mayor might better use his time other than to protect a sitting U.S. president from a writer’s pen dipped in the ink of the caricaturist. Yet there was Ed Koch squealing as if he had been caricaturized. It turns out that the octogenarian […]
Posted inColumnists
Who we are
Where your treasure is, so too is your heart. Our eyes roll over around federal budget numbers which are too big to understand — a one year budget of $2.5 trillion, a deficit of $427 trillion, military spending over $500 billion in one year. But beneath the numbers are questions of what we value, what […]
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Hampton University to build cancer center
Hampton University, aiming to close the racial gap in medical treatment, announced plans to build a $30- to $40-million biomedical center specializing in cancer research. The center in Hampton, Va., will focus its research on breast cancer and prostate cancer, which disproportionately affect black Americans. The 64,000 square foot on-campus center will bring together researchers […]
Posted inLocal news
Spinks falls, STL stands tall
Cory Spinks paid a hefty professional price for defending his undisputed welterweight championship against skilled contender Zab Judah Saturday night at the Savvis Center and live on Showtime. But Spinks, the Savvis Center and Don King Productions were paid handsomely for their efforts, and St. Louis shone as a championship city capable of staging and […]
Posted inHot sheet
Symone takes on segregation
Actress Raven Symone is set to star in a Lifetime TV movie that will tackle racial prejudice in a small town. Symone plays an African-American teenager who, with the help of a newspaper reporter, goes against decades of segregation to stage the first interracial high school prom. For One Night (which is a working title […]