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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The road to the Missouri state track and field championships began last weekend for small school teams in district competition. Lutheran North hosted both the Class 3, District 2 and Class 2, District ...

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One in four Missourians say they’ve encountered obstacles obtaining birth control, according to a new survey of about 1,000 Missouri residents conducted for the Missouri Foundation for Health. The ...

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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 ...