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Grandma Bugg’s Rocker Loom

4 years 5 months ago
Woven clothes have been around for thousands of years, but hardly anyone makes their own today. Since agriculture enhanced society some 1,500 years ago, animals and plants have been readily available to harvest hair or natural fiber. Cleaning and smoothing the fiber, spinning it into thread, then weaving it into cloth that can be cut …
Brittany Krewson

St. Louis TV Anchor Reclaims #VeryAsian in Viral Video

4 years 5 months ago

A racist caller's complaint against KSDK journalist Michelle Li β€” for committing the supposed offense of "being very Asian" β€” has become something more than just a viral video fit for internet outrage: Indeed, one day and millions of views later, a video of the caller's intolerance has launched an outpouring of support for Asian Americans beneath a hashtagged version of the original insult.

Uploaded by Li on January 1, the video shows the award-winning journalist reacting as she listens to a voice mail from someone who claimed they were offended by Li's on-air coverage of New Year's Day meals β€” which included Li noting, "I ate dumpling soup.…
Danny Wicentowski

Few public comments offered on Missouri House redistricting plan

4 years 5 months ago

The only solution offered Monday for the disagreement over Jackson County’s districts in the Missouri House would end the use of Troost Avenue as a boundary for seats in western Kansas City. While the major road was once a useful boundary to design districts likely to be represented by Black Missourians, Kansas City resident Michael […]

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Rudi Keller