A public art installation in St. Louis is raising awareness about the needs of those with cancer. Painters have decorated "42 doors of hope" to offer inspirational messages to patients and their loved ones.
Earlier this month, when Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton announced a plan to overhaul the state’s juvenile justice system, she repeatedly used a word that stood out to ProPublica reporter Duaa Eldeib: "love." In this interview, Eldeib talks about her reporting on Illinois’ plan and how it may have been influenced by what’s known as the “Missouri Model.”
Researchers at Washington University's Institute for Informatics are using Facebook’s Social Connectedness Index to study the potential impact of students and faculty returning to various counties within Missouri. Can Facebook connections predict the spread of COVID-19?
Unlike most area high schools, Lutheran High School South in Affton will be open for in-person instruction five days a week. Principal Jonathan Butterfield explains how, and why his own children will be among those returning to class this week.
Illinois has been selling legal marijuana for more than six months and the industry is flourishing. The pandemic is delaying the next round of cannabis-related licenses. There is also a question about the social equity portion of the regulations designed to bring minorities into a business dominated by white men.
Every year, Aug. 17 is National Black Cat Appreciation Day. These felines have become the poster cats for superstition, but they’re so much more than the age-old myths stacked against them. Humane Society of Missouri’s Becky Krueger delves into the myths surrounding black cats, and how that's impacted their adoption rates.
We Stories is a St. Louis organization that helps foster conversations about racism and race among white families and children. And this summer, it went national. Program manager Rhema Anazonwu talks about expanding the organization’s efforts to help lead the conversation in communities in, and beyond, St. Louis for transformative reconciliation.
St. Louis-based author Elsa Hart's fourth book is a vividly rendered murder mystery set in 18th-century London. She discusses “The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne" and the craft of mystery writing.
A Rolla business owner used the coronavirus shutdown to fix up an old steam engine and passenger car. The 1923 steam engine has been on display in a city park for more than 60 years.
Songbirds injured or orphaned in Missouri have one source of human help: Wild Bird Rehabilitation, a focused, modest, resourceful non-profit nesting in suburban Overland MO.
Joe Hoffman, Executive Director of Wild Bird, returns to Earthworms with an update from their 38 years of dedicated work, plus a basket of noisy Chimney Swifts, a surrogate nest of Song Sparrows, and some musical chirping with his backpack guitar.
This fall, as a fund-raiser, Wild Bird will make four CDs of songs Joe and fellow bird-champions have composed and recorded, for free online download, for two months. Get their eNews to get details for music access. Fun tunes for kids, families and enviro-messaging. Music from Joe's band The Raptor Project was a favorite Earthworms element over our years live on-air. The KDHX Sound Cloud holds a clutch of these tunes.
In addition to primary healing services for the birds, Wild Bird Rehab offers
On the latest episode of Politically Speaking, St. Louis Alderwoman Dwinderlin Evans joins St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Rachel Lippmann to discuss her first few weeks on the board.
Evans represents the 4th Ward, which encompasses all or part of The Ville, Greater Ville, JeffVanderLou, Kingsway East and Vandeventer neighborhoods. She won a special election in June without opposition to fill out the term of the late Sam Moore.
We delve into the APM Reports “Black at Mizzou” documentary, in which "We Live Here's" Lauren Brown details how Black students fostered their own community, what they call “Black Mizzou,” the racism she faced on campus, where the leaders of the Concerned Student 1950 movement are today and what they think of the movement’s legacy.
St. Louis City SC CEO Carolyn Kindle Betz explains what's behind the newly announced name of St. Louis’ Major League Soccer team. The crest features the Gateway Arch and wavy lines that signify the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. The colors — red and navy blue — were inspired by St. Louis’ flag.
Outdoor activities are all the rage these days, especially those that allow for social distancing. But St. Louis’ Shakespeare in the Park tradition regularly draws dense crowds — and its actors were hesitant enough about the idea in 2020 that this year’s iteration was ultimately canceled. In the midst of all of that, the festival team and a host of local artists got creative, and A Late Summer Night’s Stroll was born.
St. Louis has very few environmental activists of color. They have felt isolated in their work, deal with more microaggressions than white colleagues and have proposed ideas that end up getting dismissed.
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner cruised to victory in the city’s Democratic primary. Less than a week later, Governor Mike Parson proposed legislation that would give Attorney General Eric Schmitt the ability to take over the prosecution of certain high-level felonies in St. Louis. In this interview, Gardner joins host Sarah Fenske to talk about the governor’s proposal and discuss plans for her next term.
In a way, the reinvention of performing arts in the age of coronavirus fits right in with the founding spirit of the St. Lou Fringe Fest. Now in its ninth season, the festival draws its inspiration from mid-20th-century Scotland, where avant garde artists responded to a more traditional festival by setting up makeshift venues in alleys and streets — anywhere they could connect with an audience. Now places like couches and closets are among the best and safest spots to do so.
State Rep. LaKeySha Bosley is the latest guest on Politically Speaking, where the St. Louis Democrat talked with St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jaclyn Driscoll about the special session on violent crime — and primary results that showcased the power of Black women in Missouri politics.
Bosley was elected to represent Missouri’s 79th House District in 2018. She is unopposed for re-election, so she will represent the district that includes parts of St. Louis through at least 2022.
Earlier this summer, the Missouri Coalition for the Environment, the Missouri chapter of the Sierra Club and other St. Louis environmental groups issued anti-racism statements in solidarity with the George Floyd protests. But these groups are almost entirely staffed by white people and do minimal outreach in communities of color.
During the special legislative session this week, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson called for lawmakers to allow the state's attorney general to intervene in local homicide cases. In this interview, St. Louis Public Radio reporter Rachel Lippmann discusses the governor’s attempts to solve St. Louis’ crime problem. She also talks about the work of the federal agents who have been handling homicide cases in St. Louis for a few years and how Operation LeGend fits into that effort.
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