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Holly Edgell | St. Louis Public Radio/An Affordable Housing Trust Fund Coalition report found that St. Louis and St. Louis County failed to provide Black renters, households and low-income families with affordable housing. -
Carolina Hidalgo | St. Louis Public Radio/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.
![Nikki Love-McIntyre, of Swansea, Ill., on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Love-McIntyre, who has worked at the hospital for nearly 8 years, had a double kidney transplant completed in October 2015 after being diagnosed with end-stage renal disease –– the failure of her kidneys –– as a complication of Type 1 Diabetes. “It was just terrifying,” she said of the diagnosis while emphasizing the need to listen to your body. “If something is going on, it’s going on for a reason. Don’t not go to the doctor or think it’ll go away or [say] I’ll go if it gets worse.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7ca33b3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4486x2499+0+0/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2c%2F00%2F019cf95b463fbc58fc4ec1e2d6f5%2F10012021-bm-kidney-disparity-5.jpg)
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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.
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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.
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Asian, Hispanic and multiracial populations are growing throughout the St. Louis area.
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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.
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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.
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St. Louis Metropolitan Police officers are investigating a noose that a Black contractor found hanging in a tree on an Asian American woman's property in the Benton Park neighborhood.
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Michael Brown Jr.'s father and stepmother are still hopeful that the former Ferguson police officer who shot their son will be held accountable as conversations surrounding police violence and justice continue. Yet the family also is focused on healing.
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St. Louis County’s acting health director wants an investigation after saying he was the subject of racial slurs and physical assault at a county council meeting.
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As the new president and CEO of the Deaconess Foundation, Bethany Johnson-Javois plans to advocate for public policy changes to eliminate racism against children in education, public health and the justice system.
![St. Louis County Health Director Faisal Khan [center] declares a public health emergency due to the opioid crisis at a press conference in June 2018 in Berkeley.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/685552c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2474x1378+0+39/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F63%2F14%2F4660ada541e6840e1f2ee5f0bd7a%2F062818-sf-opioidemergency-01-1-2.jpg)
