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Five local businesses selected to receive $50,000 each through UMSL
Five entrepreneurs have been selected to participate in UMSL’s second Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Accelerator.
BOA Resolution 138 passes resoundingly
North City to get a ‘bank in their own backyard’
The Urban League of Metropolitan Saint Louis announced a partnership with Simmons Bank Wednesday, which will establish a full-service bank branch on the first floor of the league’s headquarters, formerly the Old Sears Building.
FDA approves abortion pills by mail, but Missourians still denied access
While federal authorities on Thursday permanently reversed restrictions on the first of a two-pill medication abortion regime, Missourians are still unable to receive the medication by mail.
School districts keep mask mandates despite Schmitt’s orders
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sent letters last week to more than 30 school districts and health agencies across the state declaring they must end their mask mandates immediately.
Action St. Louis office destroyed in fire
The Action St. Louis office caught fire Dec. 5, severely damaging the building and leaving the office uninhabitable.
Holiday hoops tourneys hit the hardwood this weekend
The 15th Annual Midwest Showdown Shootout, presented by Terrell Ramey of Ramey basketball, tips off Saturday at St. Louis Community College at Meramec.
Black reproductive rights leaders hold town hall with Bell
Black reproductive rights leaders with the Planned Parenthood Action Council of North County met Dec. 11 to discuss how Black elected officials can collaborate with activists to ensure reproductive rights from bedrooms to prison cells.
Board passes historic new ward map
COVID-19 cases surge as omicron variant hits St. Louis
As COVID-19 cases continue to grow exponentially, public officials continue to advocate for public health orders, including mask mandates.
Cori Bush condemns colleague’s Islamophobic comments
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, held a community check-in online Monday addressing mental health amid the COVID-19 pandemic, overdose crisis and gun violence epidemic.
The City’s New Health Director Has no Time to Complain
Dr. Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis doesn’t have the luxury to complain.
Second annual Mix, Mingle and Mentor Luncheon Dec. 20
The Greater St. Mark (GSM) Community Empowerment Foundation will host its second annual Mix, Mingle and Mentor Luncheon at 11 a.m., Monday, Dec. 20, at St. Louis Community College Florissant Valley.
City to provide in-person application appointments for direct cash assistance
The city will hold an in-person event Saturday to assist residents with the $500 direct cash assistance application process.
Board of Aldermen declares city a ‘sexual and reproductive health care safe zone’
With the future of the nation’s reproductive rights in the hands of a conservative-leaning Supreme Court, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen on Friday, Dec. 3, adopted a resolution declaring the city a “sexual and reproductive health care safe zone.”
Robert Norman Vickers, Sr., father of late attorney, Eric E. Vickers, dies at 94
In early 2019, I had the opportunity to interview Robert Norman Vickers, Sr., who passed away on Dec. 4, 2021, at 94. One of his three sons, the late Atty. Eric E. Vickers was a long-time supporter of my writing…
Bush and Jones applaud Board of Aldermen’s rebuke of Homer G. Phillips' name on north city medical facility
The St. Louis Board of Aldermen passed Resolution 138 at the full Board of Aldermen meeting on Friday, Dec. 9. The resolution deems the naming of developer Paul Mckee's new medical facility ‘Homer G. Phillips Hospital’ as “inappropriate cultural appropriation."…
Interest in mobile markets gains speed
This is the fifth report in The St. Louis American's presentation of "The Barren Mile: COVID19 and the fight against food apartheid," a national series, preceded by Pandemic pushes more Black Americans to take up urban farming to fight 'food…
After hour-long debate on coin toss, new wards have numbers
After an almost hour-long debate Wednesday about a coin toss, the city’s aldermen confirmed the numbers of the 14 new wards and perfected the map, meaning just one more vote is needed before it heads to St. Louis Mayor Tishaura…