Apr 15, 2021
View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
Building a multi-racial, intergenerational movement in St. Louis is about more than one candidate. It’s about intentional progress for a city mired in a white supremacist, patriarchal past.
Last week, St. Louis made the news. This time, it was good news. The city made history with the election of its first Black female mayor.…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
the indisputable truth is that when it comes to race, rational behavior is routinely cast aside in favor of the irrational.
As the prosecution prepares to wrap up its arguments, there have been some deeply ominous and disturbing warning signs as the George Floyd trial progresses. On…
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Commentary
Columnist
It was not so much a contest to see how high the wages could go or how many more benefits a union could win at the bargaining table as it was an expression of the power a company has over its workers.
It’s not that he doesn’t have enough money to provide affluent living for an entire city, but Jeff Bezos just made sure that he will continue…
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Commentary
Columnist
corporate public school privatization advocates are deploying their Democratic and Republican supplicants to undermine the Biden-Harris political agenda which is widely supported by citizens from both political parties.
President Biden and Vice President Harris are making steady progress toward their goal of reopening schools for in-person instruction during the first hundred days of their…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
It’s no surprise that the spike in violence has coincided with legislative attempts to dehumanize the community.
The GOP’s latest culture war is focused squarely on the nation’s transgender community, specifically transgender youth. It isn’t a new war, simply a new front in…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
Racism is structural and systemic and personal and individual. Until it is abolished there can be no meaningful freedom.
Lunan Ji is my son by marriage to my daughter Sarah. He knows the facial structures and the sounds that differentiate Vietnamese from Chinese that I…
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Commentary
Editorial Board
what role does the church play in perpetuating not only unsafe sexual behavior but also demonizing its members of the LGBTQ community?
The most significant factor that keeps the Black Church on the down-low is closeted, homophobic ministers. Pastor Donnie McClurkin, a three-time Gospel Grammy winner and the…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
Same relative demented mindset, just a different “time n’ place.”
“Time travel” is still, sadly, considered far-fetched in the 21st century, however if you ever have a twisted, morbid desire to “see,” to “feel” to “witness”…
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