One Little Book I Can Get Is Job
As Steven Jones deals with joblessness, concern for his daughters’ safety, and a presidential election in the time of the pandemic, he thinks of Job, the Tower of Babel, Hannibal Lector, and, more hopefully, Wakanda.
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Two Zipcodes, A World Apart
In recent months, Before Ferguson Beyond Ferguson, a nonprofit racial equity storytelling project, has been shining a light on the lives of people in 63106, one of St. Louis’s most vulnerable communities when it comes to the social determinants of health. Here is an overview of that work as described in Health Progress, a publication of the Catholic Health Association of America.
Calm Amidst The Chaos
The surging pandemic and the upcoming election has everyone on edge. And, predicts, Jamaica Ray, “We haven’t seen the worst yet. It’s going to get bad, Mon.”
Our Focus on 63106
Our mission is to tell the story of local African-American families that have struggled over generations in our town to gain their purchase on the American Dream.
Life Support
Beverly Jones can hardly wait to get back to the neighborhood she knows and loves. It’s a neighborhood that’s hard to love and in the time of the pandemic even more difficult. “I don’t have time to be sick,” Jones said last month, “because I am helping everybody else.” But last week, Jones contracted COVID-19.
Come what may, Kim Daniel will vote first thing on Election Day
Kim Daniel has vivid and sweet memories from the day she went to the polls with her mother in November 1976. Though she has health issues that mostly keep her inside, she will roll the wellness dice on Nov. 3 and show up in person to cast her vote.
Let’s Play Five
With seven doubleheaders facing them over a stretch of three weeks in September, the Cardinals face a daunting task if they hope to make it to a World Series title in this pandemic season. May they find inspiration in another hometown team that had to sweep a quintupleheader to bring home a semi-pro championship.
Steven Jones: The Entire Country Is Losing Its Self-Respect
In chapter 2 of this pandemic saga, Steven Jones, beset with health issues, struggles to find his place in a teetering economy..
An Essential Business for a Vulnerable Population
Nabali Khaled Salameh’s Crown Plaza serves as a case study of upended social and business norms in a crippled economy. It also represents the challenges that the pandemic has on a business that is indeed essential to a fragile community.
School leaders face pressure to address racial disparities as they try to re-open schools
School leaders are facing increasing pressure to address racial disparities even as they struggle to open schools in the midst of the pandemic. Can they do both?