Race, Identity & Faith

Pride Center will close Jan. 1 after four years because the organization cannot afford to keep the doors open. But community resources will still be available online.

Members of the kidney transplant team at St. Louis University Hospital say including more Black people in kidney research and as donors could help address racial disparities in transplant outcomes.

When estimating how well a patient’s kidneys are working, doctors frequently turn to an equation that depends on a question: Is the patient Black?

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is one of a dozen U.S. mayors calling for local reparations to address the racial wealth gap by ending racist policies.

The U.S. Census Bureau published findings from a survey that found the rate of Black families swapping traditional learning with homeschooling between the spring and fall of 2020 was five times more than any other racial group in the country.

Four Latina artists painted the mural "Building Bridges" in north St. Louis to spark conversations about the African experience in the Americans. They hope the mural helps highlight the connections between Latinos and African Americans.

Creve Coeur officials will rededicate a park Saturday to honor Dr. H. Phillip Venable, a Black man forced to sell his property more than 50 years ago.

Asian, Hispanic and multiracial populations are growing throughout the St. Louis area.

A grant from the National Science Foundation will allow Sheretta Butler-Barnes, an associate professor in the Brown School at Washington University, and two other researchers study how Black parents talk to their children about the wave of violence against Black people in the country.

A one-room schoolhouse built in 1894 for African American children is moving to a St. Louis County park where it will be restored. African School #4 had been converted into a garage after the schoolhouse closed in the 1950s.