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After hour-long debate on coin toss, new wards have numbers
After an almost hour-long debate Wednesday about a coin toss, the city’s aldermen confirmed the numbers of the 14 new wards and perfected the map, meaning just one more vote is needed before it heads to St. Louis Mayor Tishaura…
Struggling with mental health? St. Louis psychiatrist’s app can help
Dr. Dale Anderson created a free app for those struggling with mental health in the pandemic. He believes even small doses of cognitive behavioral therapy can get people to a healthier place.
Court won't stop Texas abortion ban, but lets clinics sue
Abortion rights supporters said the outcome, by limiting which state officials can be sued, did not provide a path to effectively block the law.
Billion-dollar St. Louis transportation company names CEO
Stripped of power, Missouri health depts abandon COVID health measures
UM System Curators remove restrictions on guns in parked vehicles
The system will still prohibit open or concealed carry of firearms on campuses.
“I am heartbroken”: Monkee Micky Dolenz and other stars react to Mike Nesmith’s death
Micky Dolenz, now the last living member of The Monkees, has taken to social media to mourn his late bandmate, Mike Nesmith, who died on Friday at the age of…
Pushback on masks escalates at St. Louis-area schools after Schmitt directive
‘There has been pushback throughout the year but this has definitely escalated it,’ said the spokeswoman for a group representing 60 area districts.
Police, district investigating after police officer upset school bus driver over masks
Appointments Now Open for Help With $500 Direct Cash Assistance Application
Appointments can now be made if you need assistance applying for the City of St. Louis' direct cash assistance program. The city, the United Way of Greater St. Louis and the St. Louis Treasurer’s Office partnered together in order to offer the clinic.
Direct cash assistance was a key piece in Jones’ plan for federal relief funds, but there was contention over the plan in the summer.…
Platform Co-ops Offer Startups Viable Funding Alternatives to Investor Control
I was extremely lucky to (VIDEO) chat about platform co-ops with Nathan Schneider, Assistant Professor at University of Colorado Boulder.
Nathan is the Author of Everything for Everyone: The Radical Tradition that Is Shaping the Next Economy and Co-editor of Ours to Hack and to Own: The Rise of Platform Cooperativism, a New Vision for the Future of Work and a Fairer Internet.
The interview was conducted on the 25th October 2021 and was originally intended to be just recorded for notes of our conversation "on background" while I was researching a student (Mizzou) journalism assignment into Broadband Co-ops.
That original story got abandoned but this conversation was so interesting, Nathan kindly gave me permission to convert our call into an audio episode and publish on EQ.
The interview has been edited for clarity.
We discuss lots of interesting stuff, from topics such as new legislation passed in 2021 that improves crowdfunding options for startups and what it's like to run a platform co-op, to how blockchain innovation overlaps with the cooperative mission to create stakeholder led companies.
Casey Nolen on Twitter: A Rockwood school bus driver tells me a police officer in uniform got on her bus this morning and threatened to report her to @Eric_Schmitt for asking kids to wear mask - which the district says is a federal transportation…
Amazon to open new facility in Metro East, helping owner fill vacant warehouse
A new initiative is helping artists buy homes in Gravois Park
St. Louis Art Place Initiative hopes to help 20 artists purchase homes in a four-block area of the city’s Gravois Park neighborhood. Operations director Kaveh Razani explains how the program works and what it hopes to do for artists, and the Cherokee Street area, as housing costs escalate.
How communists (briefly) ran St. Louis
Author Mark Kruger (“The St. Louis Commune of 1877”) describes how the railroad strike of 1877 became a much broader strike in St. Louis, basically shutting down all commerce in the city — and how communists took control of the city.
St. Louis County man gets 3 years' probation for role in U.S. Capitol riot
Nicholas Reimler said he was remorseful for entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Woman arrested in homicide in St. Louis' Mark Twain neighborhood
Police said the man in his 60s was found dead of a puncture wound on Nov. 9, 2021.
Elvis Costello releases “Paint the Red Rose Blue,” from upcoming album ‘The Boy Named If’
Elvis Costello has released another track from his forthcoming album with The Imposters, The Boy Named If, due out January 14. The new song, "Paint the Red Rose Blue," is…
Watch new videos for classic holiday tunes from The Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye & The Jackson 5
Music videos weren't a big thing when some beloved holiday songs were first recorded, but now a bunch of new animated clips have been created for those Christmas classics. The…