The late Anita Lyons Bond (A&S ’50), who passed away in August 2025, embodied traditions of scholarship, civic courage and transformative public service. She made history as the first Black student at ...

Two Affinia Healthcare employees were recognized for their work in community health during the recent Community Health Workers Association of Missouri conference. Candace Henderson, Affinia’s director ...

In politics, fear has a color. For most of American history, that color has been Black. No ad has taught that lesson more brutally than the Willie Horton ad of 1988. It showed the face of a Black man ...

The Black church has long understood that hunger is political. Long before researchers coined phrases like “food insecurity” or “food apartheid,” Black congregations were feeding families abandoned by ...

Leaders and project managers from KAI Enterprises and KAI 360 Construction Services are shown after KAI 360 CS was named the inaugural PMCM Firm of the Year by the North Texas chapter of the ...

Elections aren’t supposed to stop midstream, but in Louisiana, they did. Louisiana recently halted and rescheduled congressional primaries after the Supreme Court allowed the state to use a challenged ...

The fact that Michael Jackson was unmatched as an entertainer becomes even more apparent when watching performers attempt to capture his talent, skill and energy. Only one person to date — Jaafar ...

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A second take of Twilight Thursdays. After the time I had with JAM, y’all already know that I was circling back this week for Twilight Thursdays at the Missouri History Museum. Based on the parking, I ...

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May 26, 2026 will mark the 100th birthday of music icon Miles Dewey Davis. Across the region, tributes have poured in for the Alton-born, East St. Louis–raised genius who expanded the very possibility ...

Missouri election officials still do not know which congressional map will govern the August primary, creating uncertainty that attorneys, election officials and referendum advocates warn could ...