2008

Secretary of State, Robin Carnahan, announced yesterday, Feb. 28, 08, that her office has placed online a five-part video series highlighting African-American genealogy. African-American Genealogy: Putting Together the Pieces of Your Past was created by…

Will Missouri soon follow the State of New Jersey, which officially apologized for slavery Monday? State Rep. T.D. El-Amin has sponsored a resolution calling for the State of Missouri to apologize for its role in…

UPDATE [7:29 PM]: CNN has projected Sen. Barack Obama as the winner of the Mississippi primary. This was considered an easy win for Obama due to high turnout among African Americans who, according to CNN,…

In the hours before yesterday’s Vice-Presidential debate in St. Louis, producer Davin Hutchins of the American News Project and blogger Antonio French of PubDef.net spent the day yesterday interviewing supporters and opponents of Alaska Governor…

First the New York Times, now the Associated Press via the Boston Herald. From yesterday’s Herald: Few brotherhoods are as strong as the one among firefighters, who depend on one another just to stay alive.…

The City of St. Louis will balance its budget with a tax increase. Sounds like everything Republicans say about our Democratic city is not all untrue. While many different elected officials and editorials spoke out…

As you may have heard, the biggest thing in politics since the ballot box is coming to St. Louis today and they could barely find a place big enough to hold the expected crowd. The…