Nation Feb 24 For refugee communities in Missouri, freeze on resettlement leads to furloughs and uncertainty By Gabrielle Hays
Nation Dec 23 Watch 2:37 Candy Cane Lane lights up St. Louis and brings the true meaning of Christmas For more than 20 years, one street in St. Louis, Missouri gets transformed every holiday season into a show of lights. But behind the sparkle of Candy Cane Lane there is an underlying motivation, demonstrating what many believe is the… By Gabrielle Hays
Nation Dec 04 In St. Louis, a new reparations report details how the city can act on racial injustice Through a year and a half of work and nearly 30 listening sessions, the commission, established by St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones in late 2022, documents the injustice that’s plagued African Americans in the city for decades. By Gabrielle Hays
Nation Nov 22 A sacred site in St. Louis will return to the Osage Nation A new agreement will transfer the sacred Sugarloaf Mound in St. Louis back to the Osage Nation. The site is the oldest human-made structure in the city’s limits. By Gabrielle Hays
Nation May 21 Watch 4:55 Exhibit explores experiences of humans put on display at 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis In 1904, nearly 1,200 Filipinos were brought to the U.S. to take part in the World’s Fair in St. Louis. Some worked as guides, but others were put on display. More than a century later, a new exhibit explores the… By Gabrielle Hays, Lena I. Jackson
May 20 Students say it’s time for this university to acknowledge its ties to slavery By Gabrielle Hays The resolution comes after the descendants worked with an economist to estimate the value of their ancestor's unpaid labor: between $361 million and $70-plus billion. Continue reading
Apr 29 This World’s Fair exhibit aims to tell a more complete picture of what happened there By Gabrielle Hays One hundred and twenty years later, voices featured in a new exhibit at the Missouri History Museum hope to share a broader perspective on what happened there. Continue reading
Dec 07 In the nation’s smallest national park, a big push to preserve history By Gabrielle Hays Along with building updates, new exhibits will be open to the public about the courthouse’s history — including 300 freedom suits filed there, the most famous of which, from Dred and Harriet Scott, made it to the Supreme Court. Continue reading
Sep 29 In this 5k, runners experience the history and resilience of North St. Louis By Gabrielle Hays The race, which began in 2018, was designed to showcase the resilience and beauty of this growing neighborhood, and the movement to provide equitable and affordable housing to a community that has long gone without it. Continue reading
Jul 03 When CROWN acts stall in states, cities step in to ban hair discrimination By Gabrielle Hays Though more than 20 states across the country have passed CROWN Act legislation in recent years, Missouri has not. Still, cities in the state have enacted their own policy. Continue reading