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Roe at 50: Celebration and resistance

3 years ago
Fifty years ago, on Jan 22, 1973, the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalized abortion across the United States. This past June, however, that decision was reversed, leading states including Missouri to declare abortions illegal within their borders.
Sophie Hurwitz for The St. Louis American

Four Recent Books From Island Press

3 years ago
Trying to get caught up on posts, so rather than four individual posts these four books from 2022 are grouped together. — Steve ‘City Forward: How Innovation Districts Can Embrace Risk and Strengthen Community’ by Matt Enstice with Mike Gluck To me it seems like nearly every new development project is ...
Steve Patterson

Illinois man charged in Planned Parenthood clinic fire

3 years ago
CHICAGO (AP) — A central Illinois man was charged Wednesday with setting fire to a Planned Parenthood clinic earlier this month, federal law enforcement said. Tyler W. Massengill, 32, of Chillicothe, is accused of “malicious use of fire and an explosive to damage, and attempt to damage" the clinic in Peoria, the U.S. Attorney’s Office [...]
CLAIRE SAVAGE, Associated Press

Regional board plans area-wide 'crime summit' in spring

3 years ago
The East-West Gateway Council of Governments, made up of the St. Louis area's top elected officials, plans to hold a region-wide 'crime summit' this spring with police leaders, prosecutors, school officials, academic experts and others.
By Mark Schlinkmann St. Louis Post-Dispatch