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St. Louis Mayor to Join Reparations Event This Weekend

3 years 1 month ago
This story originally appeared in the Missouri Independent. Reparations is often something people hear about in an international setting — such as ongoing reparations that are paid to Holocaust survivors or reparations South Africa paid to apartheid victims.
Rebecca Rivas

Bagatelle

3 years 1 month ago

Before the ring of pinball machines echoed through arcades, Bagatelle was filling parlors and pockets across the world. Drawing from the private collection of Mr.

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Patrick

Coloring STL

3 years 1 month ago

St. Louis is a kaleidoscope of architecture, filled with structures of every age, shape, and size. In Coloring STL, Missouri History Museum visitors will interact

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Patrick

JBS, Tyson Foods invest in smartwatch app that monitors workers

3 years 1 month ago

This story originally appeared in Investigate Midwest.  Two of America’s largest meat companies — JBS and Tyson Foods — have invested in a smartwatch application that allows managers to monitor workers’ movements. The startup behind the application, Mentore, claims to improve worker productivity while reducing injuries. The repetitive, fast and taxing work of cutting and packing protein […]

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Madison McVan

Real per-capita retail sales dropped 0.4% in September

3 years 1 month ago
Advance retail sales figures for September are out today. And just to be different, I'm reporting them adjusted for both inflation and population growth, annualized into a full-year spending figure. Ordinary newspapers will tell you that retail sales were flat compared to last month, but only this blog will take the next step and adjust ...continue reading "Real per-capita retail sales dropped 0.4% in September"
Kevin Drum