Lead Poisoning, a Heart Transplant and Now a Lot of Questions
Ebony Smith-Thomas suffered from lead poisoning as a toddler. Despite dire predictions, she thrived as an adolescent and young adult. Now 38, she has a tenuous hold on life.
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Teacher-Parent-Insomniac
The first week of school creates high anxiety As the 2021-2022 school year commences in-person for most districts, I am preparing to receive students as a classroom teacher at Clayton High School, and sending my own children into the classroom in the midst of global pandemic. Like most teachers and parents, I am nervous, excited, […]
Civil Rights Advocate Charles Bryson II Sends A Shot Over the Bow of Corporate St. Louis
Bryson, director of St. Louis’s Civil Rights Enforcement Agency, calls out companies that try to solve their issues by appointing directors of diversity and inclusion. Charles Bryson, II, a native St. Louisan, has worked in and on behalf of marginalized communities for his entire professional career. Now, 62, Bryson is serving under his third mayor […]
Ask Syl
Sept. 21, 2022 ASK SYL R.V.R asks: “With a perceived increase in America’s social consciousness and the rise of the Millennial’s “woke” movement, does political correctness hinder honesty in journalism?” RVR: The topic has inched its way into my consciousness, R.V.R. I don’t think it has gotten in the way of me being honest. Not […]
Making It: Ebony Smith-Thomas was the victim of lead poisoning as a toddler. Now the mother of two sons is fighting for her life.
Ebony Smith-Thomas’s health issues may be an example of environmental racism.
Gamechanger Or Do We Need To Change the Game?
Though many consider the vaccine the answer to our pandemic prayers, Steven Jones and his mom, aren’t so sure.
In A State Of Excruciation
It was hard to think of a word that aptly described the world of hurt that Kim Daniel has inhabited these past few months. Turning to Google, a noun surfaced: excrutiation.
