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To You, I Go

1 year 6 months ago

To You, I Go (2023) is Jessica Page’s visual love letter to St. Louis. Although St. Louis is rarely romanticized, Page aims to showcase the softest purest side of her […]

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Rachel Huffman

Is shoplifting up or down?

1 year 6 months ago
Over at National Review, Kayla Bartsch says shoplifting is rampant: The Left says retail crime is going down. The truth? Theft has become so pervasive — and ordinary — that retailers have simply stopped reporting it. The well-documented surge in shoplifting in the U.S. has.... Let's just stop right here. Bartsch specifically links "well-documented" to ...continue reading "Is shoplifting up or down?"
Kevin Drum

To step up St. Louis’ film industry, diversify its set and production crews

1 year 6 months ago
Film and TV award season means increased attention to diversity of talent in front of and behind the lens. Critiques about lack of diversity in media production apply to St. Louis, where Black people are the largest non-white population – yet less than 2% of staff in local commercial video production houses. Kyle Montgomery and Quinsonta Boyd of Continuity, a nonprofit that helps more St. Louis creatives from marginalized communities prepare for and start careers in media, share ways they make getting a foot in the door possible.

Alton Alderwoman Rosetta Brown Speaks Out Against Gun Violence

1 year 6 months ago
ALTON - Alton Alderwoman Rosetta Brown is speaking out strongly against gun violence. The recent shooting of a 13-year-old in the city sparked Rosetta to provide her comments. The female victim in the weekend shooting remained in critical condition as of Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. A community candlelight prayer vigil is planned for the girl and her family and any others who have experienced gun violence at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, on Highland Avenue across from Hampton Gardens. Alton alderwoman Brown and Missy Johnson, a concerned citizen, have together come up with the idea for the prayer vigil. Brown said the recent shooting of a child in Alton is simply devastating and uncalled for. "How cowardly is such an act," she said in her comments. "We must let the thugs, uninvited guests and those who just don't belong on our streets know that this type of action will not be tolerated in our community. Just a block away from the shooting in a prominent church in our community prayers

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Why I am running for Mayor of Maplewood as a write-in candidate

1 year 6 months ago
Why I am running for Mayor of Maplewood as a write-in candidate By Barry Greenberg I am too committed to the Maplewood community to have it move in the direction it is going: a place where City Council believes that institutional knowledge is a liability, whether it be as elected officials, board and commission appointments […]
Barry Greenberg