Did I wake up on Mars today? Last September Texas passed a law that allowed the government to enforce speech codes on private companies like Facebook and Twitter. These companies would be required to host speech they didn't want, a bit of state coercion so wildly unconstitutional it was a wonder the ghost of James ...continue reading "The Supreme Court’s conservatives take a dive on the First Amendment"
The new series Pistol, which debuted Tuesday on Hulu, is all about explosive rise and tragic fall of pioneering punk band the Sex Pistols. Based on founding member and guitarist…
This spring, The Monkees' Micky Dolenz and The Rascals' Felix Cavaliere have teamed up for several joint U.S. concerts dubbed "Legends Live!," and the famous singers have two more co-headlining…
ST. LOUIS - The New York Times put Missouri wine country on its list of budget-conscious vacation options. The publication wrote, "the region along the Missouri River, about an hour’s drive west of St. Louis, was called “Rhineland” by German immigrants in the 19th century when they arrived and began planting grapes." They also spoke [...]
U.S. Reps. Cori Bush and Emanuel Cleaver, both Missouri Democrats, are pressing executives of GKN Aerospace to answer questions about the U.K.-based company's plans to close its Hazelwood plant next year, and how the jobs can be kept in St. Louis.
The district, in a 2020 consent decree, agreed to identify and enroll homeless students, and provide necessary services to ensure they have access to education.
ALTON - Dave Braasch (above), president of Alton Memorial Hospital, accepts a Perseverance Award at the Chamber Choice Awards on May 25. The awards luncheon was hosted by the Riverbend Growth Association. The hospital was honored for its courageous efforts during the past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks to the tireless devotion exhibited on a daily basis by an excellent staff of more than 900, the physicians as well as the volunteers, Alton Memorial has taken on the worst that COVID-19 could throw at it and continues to provide excellent care – to all of its patients, families, and the communities that it serves.
Beautiful weather will settle in through Saturday. Then, from Sunday into the middle of next week the pattern will become more turbulent with several rounds of thunderstorms possible.
ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Jewish Film Festival is hosting a movie screening of the documentary “Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen” on Sunday, July 14 at 4 pm. The film looks back at producer-director Norman Jewison’s 1971 feature version of the beloved stage musical, “Fiddler on the Roof”. The showing will take place at the J’s Staenberg Family Complex’s Performing Arts Center. Narrated by Jeff Goldblum, the film captures the humor and drama of Jewison's quest to recreate the lost world of Jewish life in Tsarist Russia and re-envisions the beloved stage hit as a wide-screen epic. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim puts us in the director's chair and in Jewison's heart and mind, drawing on behind-the-scenes footage and never-before-seen stills, as well as interviews with Jewison, actresses, and more. The film explores how the experience of making "Fiddler” deepens Jewison as an artist and revives his soul. Last year, marked
ST. LOUIS - People across the bi-state region using food pantries made difficult trade-offs to feed their families in mid-2021. A new report from the University of Missouri found that in the 26 counties served by the St. Louis Area Foodbank, 53% of food pantry clients had to choose between paying for food or utilities last year, while 40% had to decide between paying for food or medicine/medical care and 42% had to choose between purchasing food or paying for housing. That’s according to Food Assistance & Hunger in the Heartland 2021 which was conducted by the MU Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security to better understand the characteristics of food pantries and circumstances of those neighbors who rely on food pantries. “It is important to remind ourselves that food insecurity doesn’t happen in a vacuum,” said Bill McKelvey, co-author and project coordinator with the center. “People may also struggle to afford other essentials like housing, transportation
Back in 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided there was nothing wrong with the indefinite gag orders the government slapped on its (extremely plentiful) National Security Letters (NSL). It told Cloudflare, Credo Mobile, and other parties challenging these gag orders that the Constitution remains untroubled by the government’s demands for silence, which could […]
EAST ST. LOUIS – State Senator Christopher Belt is launching a Summer Reading Club for students to encourage continued learning throughout the summer. “Reading keeps students engaged throughout the summer,” said Belt (D-Swansea). “With summer break approaching, this reading club will keep kids learning to prepare for the next school year.” The Summer Book Club requires students to read eight books of their choice during the summer break, record the names of the books on a form and return the form to Belt’s office by Aug. 12. Everyone who completes the Summer Book Club will receive a gift card and certificate from Senator Belt. “I hope students of all ages will take advantage of this program to make reading a habit and be rewarded for it,” Belt said. “Let’s enjoy the summer by reading and being creative.” To receive a book club form, visit SenatorBelt.com to download and print the form. Parents can also call Belt’s
PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. - A bear was spotted in Phelps County Tuesday. The Phelps County Sheriff's Department posted a video of a bear running next to a truck on their Facebook page. The caption of the post read, "Today, Phelps County Deputies were on bear patrol in the Newburg area." Missouri's black bear population is [...]
When I moved to St. Louis from Silicon Valley in 2000, I soon learned of specific challenges for the St. Louis technology sector and its labor force. Here, the smaller job pool forced many St. Louis tech workers to become road warriors — requiring significant domestic travel without reciprocally bringing in sustainable revenue to the region as a direct consequence. As we would see with Amazon, massive corporations and offshore companies adopted an e-commerce model that led to the closure of many…
America's latest independent prosecutor fiasco continues to roll along.¹ Trump fans are desperately hoping that US Attorney John Durham will prove that Russiagate was a Democratic ratfuck from the start, but Durham has now failed to prove even the trivial nano-charge that he finally brought against a guy nobody's heard of. That guy is Michael ...continue reading "John Durham got what he deserved yesterday"
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