Nation Oct 03 How this Missouri sommelier is making the culture of wine more inclusive The wine industry is an overwhelmingly white industry. A Black sommelier in St. Louis has sought to make the world of wine more accessible to her community.
Education Sep 27 How St. Louis parents are dealing with school bus driver shortages While the number of bus drivers nationwide has increased since pandemic lows, employment has not fully recovered.
Education Sep 18 St. Louis NAACP files civil rights complaint over low literacy rates among Black students The complaint follows years of troubling data showing stark disparities between Black and white students’ reading scores. But advocates argue, it's also an issue nationwide. Based on a 2022 data from the NAEP, 17 percent of Black students scored at…
Nation Aug 09 How Ferguson has changed 10 years after Michael Brown’s death sparked massive protests It's been ten years since 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by an officer in Ferguson, Missouri. His death at the hands of police sparked massive protests and put the city in the national spotlight. News Hour communities correspondent…
Nation Aug 09 Michael Brown’s family reflects on loss, grief and Ferguson 10 years later On August 9, 2014 Michael Brown Jr. was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Ten years later, his family wants the world to know that he was loved, that he was human and that he…
Nation Jul 31 Providers fear they won’t survive as Missouri’s child care subsidy backlog continues There are approximately 1,800 child care providers who receive subsidies in Missouri, which help offset costs for families who aren’t able to pay the full amount for care. For many facilities, the payments are a lifeline.
Politics Jul 18 WATCH: Alina Habba speaks at 2024 Republican National Convention Alina Habba, attorney and legal spokesperson for former President Donald Trump, spoke Thursday on the final night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, an evening focused on making “America great once again.”…
Politics Jul 04 Advocates in Missouri work to put abortion access on the ballot this election cycle In Missouri, abortion was banned almost immediately after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Two years later, there's an effort to enshrine abortion access in the state's constitution by putting it on the ballot this election cycle. This comes as clinics…
Nation Jun 11 Missouri passed a $40,000 minimum teacher salary. Some educators worry those raises aren’t guaranteed Starting pay for Missouri teachers will soon rise from $25,000 a year to at least $40,000 thanks to a sweeping new bill that boosts education funding across the state. But the bill doesn't clearly lay out how these increases will…
Nation May 31 When a Black person goes missing, families say their cases get left behind Advocates call missing persons cases a “silent epidemic” in the United States, and one that affects Black and Indigenous women at disproportionate rates. In Missouri, the mothers of missing children want their stories told.