Mike Jones

The 1st Congressional District was created with the help of Black Democrats and Republicans. But not everyone finds that arrangement to be beneficial to Black Missourians.

The former St. Louis alderman and longtime political observer takes stock over turbulence for St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and St. Louis County Executive Sam Page.

Erby was the first Black woman to be a member of the St. Louis County Council — and a political leader after Michael Brown's shooting death in Ferguson.

Community leaders have been upset with recent leadership decisions and lobbied the state board for changes.

It’s fair to say this past election cycle was bad for Missouri Democrats. U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill lost re-election. Democrats made no gains in either…

Veteran Democrat Mike Jones – who has played significant roles in St. Louis and St. Louis County government – joins Politically Speaking to offer his take…

Mike Jones remembers being “shocked but not surprised” when he heard that Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had been murdered.The assassination of the civil…

On this edition of the Politically Speaking podcast, St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum takes a closer look at how young African-American…

In the hours after a judge acquitted former St. Louis Police officer Jason Stockley of first-degree murder last week, St. Louis Alderman John…

In 2007, the St. Louis Public Schools were placed under the control of a three-member appointed board. Its assignment was to fix problems in finance,…