In the summer of 1963 a series of protests erupted against Jefferson Bank in St. Louis. Black activists and political leaders called for the bank and major companies in St. Louis to employ more people of color during a year of civil unrest in the U.S. Several protestors were arrested as demonstrations in front of the bank continued for over a month. One of those arrested activists was William “Bill” Clay Sr., a St. Louis alderman at the time.
Last night I posted a chart showing that housing prices had moved up and down a lot in the past 50 years and had often been higher than they are now. But you have to adjust for both inflation and mortgage rates to see this. But what about rent? That data is a little harder ...continue reading "So how about Boomer rents vs. Millennials?"
In honor of the 50th anniversary of Billy Joel's solo career, a remixed and re-edited version of the Piano Man's 1990 concert film Live at Yankee Stadium will be screened…
A San Francisco-based startup that provides technology to help companies and organizations use artificial intelligence has opened a new office in Downtown West that will house 215 employees, a figure expected to more than double in coming years.
Candidates expected to align with the conservative caucus in the Missouri Senate had a good night on Tuesday, winning primaries in three open seats and knocking off one incumbent. The victories likely mean the caucus — which has quarreled with GOP leadership and used procedural roadblocks to grind the chamber to a halt for the […]
Bag Phones, Brick Phones, Blackberries, a Satellite Phone and more – these are some of the cellular telephones you’ll see at the Jefferson Barracks Telephone
Kansas had a measure on its ballot yesterday that essentially allowed the legislature to overrule a state court decision from a few years back that had protected abortion. There wasn't much else on the ballot to interest Democrats, but it didn't matter: they turned out in droves to defeat the initiative by a whopping 59-41%. ...continue reading "What’s the matter with Kansas? Nothing!"
This week we noted how the Democratic party had introduced a new two-page bill that would simply give the FCC even clearer authority to restore net neutrality. Of course the bill won’t pass this corrupt Congress, was barely noticed in the summer heat, and couldn’t be implemented anyway because the telecom industry and GOP have […]
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush easily won the Democratic primary in the 1st Congressional District Tuesday, trouncing state Sen. Steve Roberts by more than 30 percentage points when the race was …
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