The St. Louis Cardinals welcome the Los Angeles Dodgers to town for Game 1 of the NLCS tonight (Fri., Oct. 11) and first pitch is set for 7:37 p.m. As with the NLDS, all NLCS games will air on TBS. The schedule for the rest of the series is as follows: Game 2: Los Angeles […]
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President Obama signs bill to pay families death benefits for soldiers
President Barack Obama has signed a bill to continue financial benefits to families of fallen troops during the government shutdown. The White House says Obama signed the measure into law Thursday hours after the Senate cleared it for his signature. Final passage came a day after Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said a military charity, the […]
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Teach For America boosts diversity
Chris Leatherwood is a seventh-grade math teacher at Gateway Middle School, and he is part of the two percent of teachers nationwide who are African-American males. He understands that there is a growing need for more black male teachers, he said. But that’s not why he chose to join Teach For America, a national organization […]
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Too little – or too much – too late
Too little, too late – or too much, too late – is the name of the political game this season. Take County Executive Charlie A. Dooley and the trial balloon advocating for minority business goals he floated via County Councilman Hazel Erby in this very paper last week. Technically, it’s never “too late” to embrace […]
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David Steward helps Wynton Marsalis get Gospel Celebration on the road
“My hope was to be comprehensive and to pay respect to the natural touch points between all of these Western spiritual traditions and jazz,” said Wynton Marsalis, managing and artistic director for Jazz at Lincoln Center. “Because our music comes out of the church.” Along with his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, renowned choir director […]
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Four little boys
Last month there was lots of righteous reminiscing about the tragedy of four little girls killed in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. In 1963, the Ku Klux Klan had no problem in ratcheting up their racist attacks to stop de-segregation by targeting the hallowed ground of black worship. The KKK did so […]
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NBA excites STL, Klitschko bores boxing world
The NBA returned to St. Louis with some exciting preseason action Monday night at Scottrade Center. For many hardwood aficionados, it was a welcome return for the NBA. St. Louis was the host of an annual preseason game back in the day, but as interest and/or profits dwindled in the Gateway City, the league packed […]
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Adrian Bracy of YWCA is 2013 Non-Profit Executive of the Year
On a sunny October afternoon, Adrian E. Bracy walked across Saint Louis University’s bustling campus to the YWCA Metro St. Louis office, where she has served as CEO since August 2009. As she entered the YWCA building, surrounded by SLU dining halls and departments, she joked, “I went from the NFL to the NFP (not […]
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Health challenges and high school dropouts
The negative consequences of dropping out of high school are well-known. A high school diploma provides a foundation for opportunities in post-secondary education and the labor market. In today’s economy, high school completion is one of the first credentials used to screen applicants for employment. High school graduates have higher average incomes than workers without […]
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Author urges educators to motivate minority students
Baruti Kafele, a best-selling author who calls himself “America’s Principal” and an advocate for the potential of black and Latino students, recently spoke to a group of Metro East educators at the request of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School. “Educators must see themselves as the number one determinant to […]