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Portion of I-70 eastbound closed in St. Louis City due to crash

1 year 2 months ago
ST. LOUIS - A two-vehicle crash has caused a part of Interstate 70 to close in the City of St. Louis. The crash occurred around 4 p.m. on I-70 near Adelaide Avenue. According to police, the accident involved two semi-tractor trailers. One of the tractor trailers was on fire upon arrival. It was extinguished and [...]
Megan Mueller

CAM ‘Breathers’ exhibit showcases kinetic art that centers the necessity of air

1 year 2 months ago
Visitors to the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis can experience New York artist Paul Chan’s exhibition “Breathers,” which relies upon air and wind to create kinetic movement and evoke an emotional response that reminds us to inhale and exhale with greater intention. Associate curator Misa Jeffereis and artist Simiya Sudduth reflect on what air and breath look like both in art and in healing —- and why taking a ‘breather’ is necessary.

Missouri lawmakers pass budget boosting funding for education and infrastructure

1 year 2 months ago
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers gave final approval Friday to a roughly $51 billion state budget that boosts funding for education and infrastructure projects around the state. The spending plan for the fiscal year starting July 1 now goes to Republican Gov. Mike Parson, who had originally proposed spending more but can only [...]
David A. Lieb

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Between A Rock And A Hard Policy

1 year 2 months ago
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s round-up of the latest news in online […]
Leigh Beadon

Students and faculty arrested at Gaza protest say Wash U is still missing the point

1 year 2 months ago
Last month at Washington University, police arrested over 100 people who attempted to set up a Gaza solidarity encampment on campus grounds. WashU junior Andrew de las Alas and senior lecturer Michael Allen were arrested and temporarily suspended for their involvement with the April 27 campus protest. They talk about the protest on Wash U’s campus and dealing with its aftermath. Shanti Parikh, Chair of the African and African American Studies department and professor of anthropology at WashU, discusses how faculty are trying to support those who were arrested.