After stepping away to grieve her fiancé Nipsey Hussle’s death in 2019, Lauren London has returned to acting. She currently stars in “Without Remorse,” alongside Michael B. Jordan. In the film, Jordan’s character seeks revenge against ex-military officers who killed London’s character, their unborn child and members of his Navy SEAL team. She found filming […]
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In Loving Memory of Albert West Jacobs, Jr.
Albert West Jacobs, Jr. was born August 24, 1957. He passed peacefully in his sleep on April 29, 2021 at his home. Born and raised in S. Louis, attended Benton School, graduated from University City High School, Class of 1975, graduated Forest Park Community College in 1978, employed by Anheuser Busch. The youngest of three […]
Posted inPolitical eye
The chess match of American politics, its gamesmanship
White America’s Zombie past that refuses to die In his first address before Congress on April 28, President Joe Biden laid out a transformational agenda that would define American politics for the next 40 years. If he pulls it off history will put him in the presidential cohort of Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald […]
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Inside Sports with Earl Austin Jr.
In a year that has seen multiple triple-doubles, record comebacks and tight playoff races, only a trio of players have scored 60 or more points in a game. Star guard Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors scored 62 points against the Portland Trailblazers on January 3. The other players to reach the 60-point plateau […]
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The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis hired Sebrina Colvin as continuing legal education manager.
Colvin served as a financial aid assistant before becoming an academic advisor for the past 10 years at St. Louis Community College-Meramec. Colvin is responsible for planning and executing the continuing legal education (CLE) programs for the BAMS (Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis}, ensuring compliance with state CLE standards and reporting requirements as well as […]
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Landor awarded 2021 Kemper Fellowship
Antoinette M. Landor, an associate professor in the College of Human Environmental Sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia, was recently awarded a 2021 William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence. College of Human Environmental Sciences Interim Dean Brenda Lohman and administrators surprised Landor by honoring her with the fellowship, which includes a $15,000 check. Kemper […]
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NFL Draft big-time TV winner as league’s popularity continues year-round
The immediate past POTUS declared the NFL dead in fall of 2017. Like so many other of his acts and prognostications, he was wrong. NFL interest is not waning, it is surging. Last Thursday’s NFL Draft opening round broadcast averaged 12.52 million viewers across ESPN, ABC and NFL Network. It was the second-highest TV rating […]
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Robinson-Jacobs joins The St. Louis American as business reporter
Award-winning journalist Karen Robinson-Jacobs will officially join The St. Louis American staff as a full-time Report for America (RFA) Business reporter in June. Report for America, which places emerging journalists in highly vetted newsrooms throughout the country, is pairing a few seasoned journalists with host newsrooms this year. The St. Louis American and partner newsroom […]
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Updated STL 2030 Jobs Plan released following community feedback
Led by internationally recognized economic development expert Bruce Katz, New Localism Associates just released an updated version of the STL 2030 Jobs Plan. The STL 2030 Jobs Plan, the first metrowide jobs plan in over a decade, provides a 10-year road map for boosting economic growth, increasing the number of quality, living-wage jobs, and reducing […]
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Showman Trump—a threat to our democracy
Evidence that the Republican party is now firmly in the grasp of a shady, racist ex-president is seen at every level in a country that may be on a path to a real political civil war. The country’s second major political party has abandoned any pretense that it is not subject to any of the […]