Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, a time to honor the millions of people murdered by the Nazis.
Students in middle school and high school will soon be learning some of that history through music, in a curriculum created by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum.
Three contributors to the project speak to STLPR's Jeremy Goodwin about what they took away--and hope students do, too.
For nearly a year and a half, a woman has been languishing in Greene County jail, waiting to be transferred to a state mental health facility. The woman was charged with a misdemeanor, found incompetent to stand trial and ordered by the court into state-run psychiatric treatment, Greene County Sheriff Jim Arnott told The Independent. […]
This time last year, the Missouri Senate was barely functioning. Members of the Freedom Caucus, a renegade group of GOP senators who’ve been at war with party leadership for years, used procedural hijinks to grind the chamber to a halt almost daily. In retaliation, Senate leaders stripped committee assignments from Freedom Caucus members — and […]
Like so many Americans right now (at least those who appreciate a beautifully crafted movie musical), we remain obsessed with “Wicked.” As elder millennials whose day jobs require challenging patriarchal norms around reproductive health, we were excited to see a Hollywood reframe on feminine heroism and the internalized misogyny we grew up on, especially through […]
The White Sox will unveil a statue of the retired left-handed pitcher on July 11 at Rate Field as part of a reunion for the 2005 World Series championship team.
ST. LOUIS - Our warming trend really settles in for this week. High temperatures will be around ten degrees above average all week so the snow piles will continue to melt. After a cold start Monday, temperatures will climb to near 50 F with sunshine and breezy conditions. Despite the meltoff, dry air and breezy [...]
Bob Dylan has released 40 studio albums throughout the course of his career, which means he’s come up with 40 unique album covers. But not all covers are created equal,…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Tamar Bates scored 26 points, Caleb Grill added 22 and No. 22 Missouri extended No. 16 Mississippi’s losing streak to three games with an 83-75 win over the Rebels on Saturday night. Anthony Robinson II added seven points and seven rebounds for the Tigers (16-4, 5-2 Southeastern Conference), who improved to…
After blasting out that impressive bit of anti-Trump invective this afternoon, Colombian president Gustavo Petro has apparently backed down. Easy come, easy go. I have no idea why, aside from the obvious: his advisors persuaded him he was risking economic ruin over nothing much. Who cares if deportees are returned on civilian or military jets? ...continue reading "Colombia rescinds its middle finger to Trump"
In his “Ancient Rings” series, Jim Scheller transforms each vessel into a meditation on time, continuity, and humanity’s spiritual connection to the past. The pieces from the collection shown together […]
A big problem that became difficult for families was transportation issues due to a driver shortage and the end of a contract with a primary bus provider.
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