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St. Louis County state rep. John Bowman, the former chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of paying a Bank of America vice president $1,000 to influence the approval…
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Maybe the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy didn’t hurt Barack Obama at all. While Critical Conversations will host a discussion on a recent Obama speech at the Missouri History Museum later today, it seems his most…
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Supporters of an effort to get on the November ballot a measure to eliminate affirmative action in Missouri missed their midnight deadline last night. In all likelihood, it was not a strategic blunder, but probably…
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As America prepares to elect another president this year, Missourians for Honest Elections is sponsoring a viewing of the documentary “UnCounted” next week to highlight what can — and has — gone wrong when Americans…
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Annie Malone parade, Elliott Davis, north St. Louis
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From Reuters: Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain shared the same stage and microphone again on Thursday, but this time they traded wisecracks instead of campaign attacks. One night after battling in their final…
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And they said it was too good to be true! Ding dong, the Centene Corp. deal is dead. The company will not be building its headquarters at the future site of Ballpark Village in downtown…
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Saturday saw long lines of hundreds of voters in St. Louis County — three days before Election Day! The Young Democrats of St. Louis’ “Obama Strikeforce” recorded some images of early voters yesterday. Hundreds of…
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The American Civil Liberties Union is hosting discussion Wednesday on a Affirmative Action banning initiative that is being petitioned to get on Missouri’s November ballot. California businessman and anti-Affirmative Action Activist Ward Connerly is behind…
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