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Black lawmakers ask Missouri House committee to ban discrimination based on natural hair

2 years 9 months ago

A Missouri House committee heard testimony Tuesday on three bills that would ban discrimination based on hair texture in some settings. Three Black state lawmakers — Democratic Reps. Raychel Proudie of Ferguson, LakeySha Bosley of St. Louis and Ashley Bland Manlove of Kansas City — presented versions of a national bill called the CROWN Act […]

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Annelise Hanshaw

Natural Wine Is Trendy, Funky — And Here To Stay in St. Louis

2 years 9 months ago
Within the last handful of years, natural wines have become a staple on the backbars of local establishments as well as on the shelves of wine shops. They've become so much of a draw of late that special sections frequently call them out, like at Clayton's popular provisions shop Parker's Table, which features a full endcap of natural wines just a few paces through the front door.
Thomas Crone

Dillard’s sues Chesterfield to stop mall redevelopment

2 years 9 months ago
Dillard's Inc. is alleging city officials "colluded" with developers behind a $3 billion effort to create a downtown Chesterfield that could cause the retailer to lose its store through eminent domain, according to a new lawsuit.
By Steph Kukuljan St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Back in the Ring, Blueprint Coffee’s Nora Brady Eyes a Competition Win

2 years 9 months ago
U.S. Barista Competition coffee isn't regular coffee — it's top level, out-of-this-world creative coffee. Take, for example, 2015, when Blueprint co-founder Nora Brady took inspiration for her signature cocktail from the name of the Ecuadorian farm, La Nube, where she sourced her beans. In Spanish, la nube means the cloud.
Jessica Rogen

It’s time for Missouri hospitals to find their voice and fight back

2 years 9 months ago

As one of the last abortion providers in Missouri, I was part of the fight to preserve reproductive freedom, a fight that was siloed, isolated and othered in the practice of medicine. Today, the same medical institutions that stayed silent on abortion are now the targets of attacks we, as abortion providers, long ago warned […]

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Colleen McNicholas