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‘The Messenger’ Speed Runs The U.S. Journalism Implosion Cycle Thanks To Incompetent Billionaires And ‘Both Sides’ Clickbait Gibberish

1 year 6 months ago
Earlier this year a new journalism outlet named “The Messenger” launched to great fanfare. The brainchild of former The Hill owner Jimmy Finkelstein, the new news empire launched with $50 million in backing and a lot of chatter about how it was going to do things differently, with Finkelstein claiming he wanted to build “an […]
Karl Bode

Just One Dissident Board Member Could Oust KDHX Leadership, Lawyer Says

1 year 6 months ago
A prominent public interest lawyer in St. Louis says he knows just what it would take to oust leadership at KDHX — and he doesn't think it would be that hard. It would take, says Bevis Schock, essentially one board member willing to buck the board president or fire the executive director. Schock, a libertarian known for his civil rights litigation and occasional tilts at the windmills of St. Louis City Hall, made the remarks yesterday on the Legal Roundtable on St. Louis on the Air.
Sarah Fenske

A Number of Tragedies

1 year 6 months ago

Laumeier Sculpture Park’s 2023 Visiting Artists in Residence are Pittsburgh-based artists Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis. This collaborative duo utilizes innovative approaches to conceptualism and minimalism to realize their […]

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Rachel Huffman

Who is Mike Johnson? New U.S. House speaker belongs to GOP’s religious conservative wing

1 year 6 months ago

Before a relatively short time in elected office, new U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana was a constitutional lawyer deeply involved in religious causes. Prior to a short stint in the Louisiana Legislature, Johnson spent two decades as a public interest lawyer mainly representing clients in so-called religious liberty litigation, he said in an interview […]

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Jacob Fischler

Deadly fire at Cahokia Heights senior apartment complex

1 year 6 months ago
One person is dead, and many others had to be rescued after a five-alarm fire at a senior apartment building in Cahokia Heights. On Thursday morning, many residents were still displaced from the complex as investigators searched for the cause of the fire.
Chris Regnier