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St. Louis Public Safety Director Responds to Weekend Violence

3 years 1 month ago
The City of St. Louis has seen two particularly violent weekends in a row. This weekend saw five homicides and eight wounded due to gun violence. On Saturday afternoon, a 16-year-old girl was shot and killed on Minnesota Avenue in south city.
Ryan Krull

Health update

3 years 1 month ago
Good news today. Last month I started a new chemo regimen and my M-protein level has already started to turn around: This is only a small drop, but what matters is that my M-protein levels have been slowly rising for over a year and now they're headed in the other direction. In other good news, ...continue reading "Health update"
Kevin Drum

Fatal State Violence Project went from tracking deaths to supporting families

3 years 1 month ago
Toni Taylor and Emanuel Powell have direct experience with “fatal state violence.” That’s the term used by Arch City Defenders to describe deaths in the region’s jails and at the hands of its police. One year into the Fatal State Violence Project, Taylor and Powell describe the tragedies that informed its creation and how they reach other families struggling in grief.