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Filed July 10, 2008 by Antonio French

Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson

Filed April 8, 2008 by Danielle Belton · 2 archived comments

Washington University has named a new provost … and he’s the same as the last provost. Executive Vice Chancellor Edward S. Macias, the dean of Arts & Sciences, was named to the position, to begin…

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Teachers As Activists

Filed March 31, 2008 by Danielle Belton · 1 archived comment

Teachers can be activists too! Or at least the point teachers Jeanine Molloff and Cris Mann of St. Louis Public Schools are making. They’ll be hosting a chat tonight on “In What Ways Can Teachers…

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Primary Fights

Filed March 26, 2008 by Danielle Belton · 3 archived comments

UPDATE 1 P.M. WILL YOU BE MY LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR? The race for Lt. Governor is as crowded as Hwy 70 at 6 p.m., who didn’t scratch their name on the list as closing bell yesterday?…

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VIDEO: CODEPINK in New Orleans for V-Day

Filed May 5, 2008 by Antonio French

Last month, the anti-war women group CODEPINK St.Louis drove through the night to New Orleans for V-Day, the 10th anniversary of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues”, and to share in the struggle and celebration of…

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“Dude, St. Louis just experienced an earthquake!”

Filed April 18, 2008 by Antonio French

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No Free Ride for Sheriff, Griffey Files

Filed March 24, 2008 by Antonio French

With the deadline for candidate filing just 25 hours away, longtime St. Louis Sheriff Jim Murphy might have thought he may skate to re-election without an opponent. No such luck. Murphy will face at least…

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Photos from 1st Day of Candidate Filing

Filed February 26, 2008 by Jillian Strominger

See all of our photos from this morning at the St. Louis City Board of Elections on our Flickr page. Leave a Reply Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Notify me of…

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Party over here: St. Louis Pride throwing another PrideFest Kickoff Hootenanny

Filed March 11, 2008 by Danielle Belton

It’s your chance to mingle with the loudest and the proudest of St. Louis’ gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans-gendered communities and St. Lous Mayor Francis Slay. The St. Louis Pride annual Open House Gala and…

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Roundtable: Private Funds For Private Needs Schools?

Filed March 26, 2008 by Danielle Belton · 7 archived comments

By Tomminesha Matchingtouch A special education advocate accused public school programs in Missouri and across the nation of having a â€œwait to failâ€ model when it comes to educating the learning disabled. At a St.…

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