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Two unavoidable questions face St. Louisans now that the Ferguson Commission has made its report: What will change and who will change it? But something…
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Arrogance, booze, geographic isolation and a gender power imbalance – those ingredients brew a culture in Jefferson City that is at times hazardous for…
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On Labor Day, we celebrate work by not working. How appropriate. Our attitudes about work are often contradictory, and current work-related debates raise…
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Two recent deaths – the police killing of Mansur Ball-Bey and the incomprehensible shooting of 9-year-old Jamyla Bolden – felt like giant steps backward…
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On my street, and probably on yours, the kids went back to school this week, changing the rhythm of the neighborhood and evoking that peculiar sense of…
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One year after Michael Brown’s death, St. Louisans are yearning for resolution. Truth is we’re nowhere close to achieving it. We can’t even be sure we’re…
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America may be the land of opportunity, but history shapes our options. This week, history came to light in three St. Louis Public Radio reports.Stephanie…
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Journalists can be an irreverent lot, yet most of us believe devoutly in the sanctity of the First Amendment. The Fourth of July is its holy day, and we…
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Symbols matter, as the groundswell against the Confederate flag reminded us this week. But even if retailers shun it and South Carolina lowers it, how…
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Two squalls of controversy blew in to dominate the news early this week — a mega-media frenzy over Rachel Dolezal’s race and a mini-media frenzy over the…