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Former Pruitt-Igoe residents seek justice and recognition
Workers in protective gear had sprayed zinc cadmium sulfide, a potential carcinogen around Pruitt-Igoe and in other St. Louis places as well. It was part of a secret Cold War-era…
Coldwater Creek’s former neighbors struggle as the feds weigh compensation bill
Neighbors wrestle with the creek’s dark legacy and long history of being dangerously contaminated with radioactive waste. The radioactive materials came from a factory in downtown St. Louis that during…
Developmentally disabled Missourians suffer abuse, death in state system
A horrifying 2017 death sparked calls for change. But people who work within the system say the state failed to make any significant reforms.
Missouri Dreamers who grabbed DACA’s lifeline brace for Trump
Trump’s tough-talking “border czar” vowed to round up, incarcerate and ultimately deport at least 1 million undocumented immigrants a year. For the thousands of undocumented immigrants in Missouri, now is…