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The Ideal Bartender, Part 1

2 years 9 months ago
For this installment of Tasting History, the focus is on cocktails, and more specifically, The Ideal Bartender by Tom Bullock. The Ideal Bartender was published in 1917 in St. Louis, and it was the first cocktail manual to be authored and published by an African American. It was also one of the last cocktail manuals …
Brittany Krewson

Rasheen Aldridge (2023)

2 years 9 months ago
St. Louis Alderman Rasheen Aldridge joins STLPR's Rachel Lippmann and Jason Rosenbaum to talk about his transition into aldermanic life. The 14th Ward Democrat previously served as a state representative for the 78th District House seat — and now has more opportunities to make a policy impact after departing from a chamber where Democrats are in the superminority.

NYPD’s Stop And Frisk Program Still Limping Along, More Biased Than Ever

2 years 9 months ago
It’s been a decade since a federal court declared the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program (mostly) illegal. Judge Shira Scheindlin, in a 195-page decision, pointed out everything that was wrong with the program, which ignored the “Terry stop” parameters defined by the Supreme Court in its 1968 decision to engage in stops of anyone […]
Tim Cushing