Andrea Y. Henderson
Race, Identity and Culture ReporterAndrea Henderson joined St. Louis Public Radio in March 2019, where she covers race, identity, and culture. Andrea comes to St. Louis Public Radio from NPR. She reported for the race and culture podcast Code Switch and produced pieces for All Things Considered. Andrea’s passion for storytelling began at a weekly newspaper in her hometown of Houston, Texas.
Andrea graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and earned her master’s degree in arts journalism from Syracuse University. When the proud Houstonian is not chasing a story, she enjoys catching up on her shows, getting lost in museums and swimming in tropical waters.
Follow her journey through St. Louis via Twitter at @drebjournalist.
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The St. Louis Department of Human Services has increased its partnerships with local agencies to provide more beds and social services support throughout the winter for people who are experiencing homelessness.
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Jamaa Birth Village plans to open satellite midwifery birthing locations across Missouri next year. Patients can receive midwifery and doula care and social support services.
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Recent reports show more people are experiencing loneliness, and it's worse for young adults and women of color. Ronke Faleti created Korédé House — a third place for St. Louis-area women and mothers to work remotely, relax, build businesses and more.
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Community members, educators and activists in north St. Louis are protesting the opening of Believe St. Louis Academy — a charter school supported by Opportunity Trust. They say opening charter schools reduces funding from St. Louis Public Schools and leads to further teacher layoffs.
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Rockwood School District and its former diversity and equity director settled an employee discrimination lawsuit last month. Brittany Hogan alleged in the February lawsuit that the district ignored her complaints of racist abuse from parents.
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The St. Louis Reparations Commission is preparing to create a race-based harm report for Mayor Tishaura Jones to review next year. Robin Rue Simmons created the Evanston, Illinois, reparations plan and got Evanston’s Black residents the country’s first reparations payout. Simmons talks about her strategy and what St. Louis can do to make its reparations process successful.
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Harris-Stowe State University and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 are partnering to bring environmental research, scientific collaboration and career opportunities to students and the HBCU’s surrounding community.
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Jeff-Vander-Lou and St. Louis Place neighborhood associations are proposing a redevelopment to city officials that would allow residents to use tax abatements to improve their homes and block eminent domain from being used to force them to sell.
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Residents in parts of north St. Louis and north St. Louis County will have the opportunity to access healthier food options and physical activities through a $3.8 million community health grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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A St. Louis University graduate student is terrified that her family in Gaza will not survive the Israel-Hamas war. She said Gazans are familiar with death and destruction because of their decades-long struggle for an independent Palestinian state, but this war is more devastating than other recent conflicts.
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Affinia Healthcare is opening a 15,000-square-foot clinic in Ferguson on Nov. 2., which will be led by three Black women physicians. People can receive pediatric care, dental care, behavioral health services, lactation assistance, substance abuse support, family medicine care and midwifery services.
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Over 35,000 people who were jailed in St. Ann between 2014 and 2021 can receive money from a $3.1 million class-action settlement. ArchCity Defenders claimed the city illegally jailing people without inquiring about their ability to make bail.