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Noir Bookshop takes book to children a new way

11 months ago
The Noir Bookshop is placing a vending machine in recreation centers and community centers across St. Louis to give book access to children who live in areas where it is hard to find reading materials without transportation.
Andrea Y. Henderson | The St. Louis Public Radio

Confluence Academies: 20 years of achievement and impact

11 months 1 week ago
This school year, Confluence Academies celebrates a 20-year journey of helping pre-K-12 students in the City of St. Louis and their communities achieve more. Starting as a single school educating a few hundred students and supporting their families in St.…
Special to The American

Food City continues its fight against ‘food apartheid’

11 months 1 week ago
The Serving Our Communities Foundation [SOCF] has awarded $436,000 in grants to St. Louis-based food nonprofits and businesses through its Food City initiative. Grant winners were announced November 30, 2023, at City Winery and 18 Rails at City Foundry.
St. Louis American staff

Harris-Stowe education department faces crisis

11 months 2 weeks ago
In 1993, Harris-Stowe State College expanded beyond offering educational majors, which were its standard since the 19th Century, and was awarded status as a state university. The institution officially became Harris Stowe State University in 2005.
Sylvester Brown Jr. | The St. Louis American

Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore will run in 2024

11 months 2 weeks ago
On Tuesday, Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore held a press conference detailing his first six months in the office after replacing the departed Kim Gardner, who quit on May 16, 2023.
Alvin A. Reid | The St. Louis American

A conversation with Leslie Gill of Rung for Women

11 months 3 weeks ago
Leslie Gill left her CEO role at Annie Malone Children and Family Service Center in 2017 to become president – and the first and then only employee – of Rung for Women, a non-profit devoted to empowering women in the…
Chris King for The St. Louis American

Comptroller Green defends her office’s performance

11 months 3 weeks ago
St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green is more than ready to “take responsibility for the mistakes my office makes,” however she calls recent media criticism “a slap in the face to all the people who have worked so hard all these…
Alvin A. Reid | The St. Louis American