All eyes are on the budget bill making its way through Congress that will gut healthcare coverage for low-income Americans who rely on public insurance such as Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. ...

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic transformed K-12 education, ushering in Zoom classrooms and disrupting daily routines, research shows a new kind of crisis has taken root: students in general — ...

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“Overcoming the legacy of housing discrimination, disparities, and disadvantage is a steep task. All of its elements—institutional ‘redlining,’ federal housing and urban renewal policies, prevailing ...

Citing Trump’s “attacking our democracy,” the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will not invite President Donald Trump to its national convention July 12-16, 2025 in ...

The Kirkwood School District has hired Leah Crawford as North Glendale Elementary assistant principal, effective July 1, 2025. Crawford has 17 years of experience in public education, with a ...

At age 5, Aquil Sudah first heard the “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” or as he prefers to call it, the Black National Anthem. The hymn, written by James Weldon Johnson and composed by J. Rosamond Johnson ...

It could be Malik Tillman time in STL on July 2 Malik Tillman has a chance to set the international soccer world afire in St. Louis on July 2. Tillman, 23, and the United States Men’s National Team ...

If there was one takeaway from Grammy Award-winner Ledisi’s “Love You Too, The Tour” Thursday night at The Stifel Theatre, it is that R&B and soul are not dead. With special guest Marsha Ambrosius, ...

For homeowners and residents affected by the May 16, 2025 tornado, a free workshop, “What to Do, What to Know and What Comes Next,” is taking place from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 29 at Heartland Black ...

Since trump and his rich buddy Elon Musk had their public breakup a couple of weeks ago, the country has gone to war with ...