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Today's minor Twitter kerfuffle: Absolutely unbelievable. Today was the day that David Austin Walsh, one of Twitter's premier leftists, complained that he can't get a job because he's discriminated against for being a white man. pic.twitter.com/fit6TTTT4f — Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) May 27, 2024 This is frustrating for a person with a numerical brain like ...continue reading "Overall, academia remains pretty white"

The St. Louis Chinatown existed from 1869 to 1966 but has gone largely unnoticed until now as St. Louis considers renaming a street after the community.

There's nothing new about radical Jewish settlers in the West Bank attacking Palestinians, but it's now spread to attacks on aid truck bound for Gaza. And as usual, the Israeli government does nothing about it: Radical Israeli settlers have expanded their attacks on aid trucks passing through the West Bank this month, blocking food from ...continue reading "Will Netanyahu ever stop the settler violence?"

I don't suppose it will do much good to point this out yet again, but here's the standard, headline inflation rate over the past six years: In the years before the pandemic, inflation averaged 2.1%. Over the past year, inflation has averaged 3.3%. For the Fed, this is a big deal. It means they feel ...continue reading "Raw data: Inflation has been nearly normal for the past year"

St. Louis-based artist Kahlil Robert Irving creates assemblages made of layered images and sculptures composed of replicas of everyday objects. Mainly working in ceramics, Irving critically engages with the history […]

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Cities of the Future, an OMNIMAX film showing at the Saint Louis Science Center, invites viewers to discover the exciting innovations that engineers are perfecting to help meet the challenges […]

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A culmination of their undergraduate journey, this exhibit illustrates the confidence in which the graduates use visual language, their creative identity and self-expression. the exhibitors have created alluring visuals, critical […]

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Running from April 11, 2024, to Jan. 12, 2025 at the World Chess Hall of Fame, Clash for the Crown explores the histories of the World Chess Championship and the […]

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What better way to experience St. Louis than from the Mississippi River? Join Big Muddy Adventures on this five-hour paddle along the mighty river, which will surely activate your adrenaline! […]

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Kinloch Park is the community's centerpiece, and officials say an overhaul of the park's facilities is still happening — just running late.

Sunday's severe storms have resulted in thousands of power outages in the St. Louis area.