Race, Identity and Faith

It’s been 14 years since the state has had a functional governor-appointed commission assigned to address issues facing Hispanic and Latino Missourians. In that time, the population has increased by more than 40%.

Latinx Arts Network y EncoreSTL están planeando una producción teatral de narración el próximo año con las historias recopiladas.

Latinx Arts Network and EncoreSTL are asking Latinos in the St. Louis region to submit stories about culture, heritage, family and community. The two arts groups will turn videos and audio stories about Latino life into live stage productions.

The Archdiocese of St. Louis has made the decision to close Rosati-Kain and St. Mary’s high schools at the end of this school year.

St. Charles County officials on Saturday will honor Archer Alexander, a Black man who was enslaved in St. Charles County. Historians say he saved the lives of Union soldiers during the Civil War.

St. Louis Realtors issued a public apology for the effects of discrimination and segregation in the regional housing market.

With a shortage of priests and low Mass attendance, closures and consolidations are likely. Church leaders are hoping to get input from the faithful.

More Black parents in the U.S. and Missouri are choosing to teach their kids on their own terms. This new podcast from St. Louis Public Radio explores why Black families in the St. Louis region are choosing to home-school, how they are managing to do it and what the kids think about it.

The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum, long a department of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, will become an independent entity as it widens its mission and recruits partners from outside the Jewish faith.

Black business ownership is about 30% higher than it was before the pandemic, with that growth driven by women starting businesses. Some Black St. Louis women owners say it's not easy, but they want to inspire more women to become entrepreneurs.