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Opportunity Report: Taking the Temperature of the Room for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

2 years 9 months ago
by Ron Unterreiner, Founder, PEOPLE of Construction Editor’s note: “Opportunity Report” is a regular feature of ConstructForSTL.org — a column by PEOPLE of Construction Founder Ron Unterreiner that we’re calling “Opportunity Report”. Martin Luther King wrote, “The struggle for rights is, at bottom, a struggle for opportunities.” Dr. King noted that it does no good […]
Tom Finan

Dual-Athlete Sami Oller Is Byron Carlson Petri & Kalb Female Athlete Of The Month For the Griffins

2 years 9 months ago
GLEN CARBON – Junior Sami Oller can’t decide which sports season she likes better. In the fall she’s an outside hitter for Father McGivney Catholic High School’s volleyball team and in the winter months, she plays guard in basketball. Right now though, she’s just getting the volleyball season started and is ready for more. “Super excited. We love having the whole school come out and support us,” she said after the team’s home opener in which they won two sets to none against Mulberry Grove. “It feels great when everyone is here and is being loud.” With the win, the team moves back to a positive record of 5-4. Oller is a Byron Carlson Petri & Kalb Female Athlete of the Month for Father McGivney Catholic. It was only their second non-tournament match of the season. After going 3-4 in the Roxana Tournament, the Griffins finished in eighth place out of 16 schools. Not exactly what Sami was hoping for. “I feel like we

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Our victory in the Cold War is still intact

2 years 9 months ago
Jim Geraghty is afraid that maybe we didn't win the Cold War after all. Sure, he says, it seems like we won: And yet… Putin-era Russia doesn’t look all that different from the bad old days of the Soviet Union, particularly this year. The Russian army invaded neighboring territories....horrifying brutality and the deliberate targeting of ...continue reading "Our victory in the Cold War is still intact"
Kevin Drum

Michigan Republicans refuse to approve abortion initiative just because they don’t feel like it

2 years 9 months ago
The good people of Michigan recently gathered a huge number of signatures to put an abortion-rights measure on the November ballot. The Bureau of Elections examined the petitions and found that the vast majority of signatures were valid. So, the citizens having spoken, they duly recommended it be put on the ballot. But wait. The ...continue reading "Michigan Republicans refuse to approve abortion initiative just because they don’t feel like it"
Kevin Drum