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Covers:  Investigative and in-depth: Climate, criminal justice, education, housing immigration and public health
Journalist. Managing Editor @NPRMidwestNews @KCUR Writer. Daughter of Zee & Al. Sister of Randy. Cool aunt. Third culture kid. #STL #Belize.
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Unhoused/Unschooled

Unhoused/Unschooled

KCUR-FM (Kansas City, MO) — A series from The Midwest Newsroom and its partners that examines the federal law designed to support unhoused public school students. The project focuses on rural communities.
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Here's what Midwest voters say about abortion, climate change, and other key issues

Here's what Midwest voters say about abortion, climate change, and other key issues

KCUR-FM (Kansas City, MO) — A new survey from The Midwest Newsroom and Emerson College Polling Center asked registered voters in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska about measures on Nov. 5 ballots as well as a variety of political, social and economic subjects.
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Teachers still spend their own money on school supplies, despite efforts to help stock classrooms

Teachers still spend their own money on school supplies, despite efforts to help stock classrooms

KCUR-FM (Kansas City, MO) — Many educators say their districts aren't supplying everything their students need. Non-profit groups, community organizations and even the courts are stepping in to help meet needs across the Midwest, but education advocates say it's not a long-term solution.
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Manufactured homes are more affordable and safe than ever. Can they help solve the housing crisis...

Manufactured homes are more affordable and safe than ever. Can they help solve the housing crisis...

KCUR-FM (Kansas City, MO) — The federal government says new safety standards and building materials mean home buyers priced out of site-built houses have viable options. As storms become stronger and more frequent, experts are tempering expectations.
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'It's a crisis': Midwest lawmakers back Momnibus Act to curb Black maternal mortality

'It's a crisis': Midwest lawmakers back Momnibus Act to curb Black maternal mortality

KCUR-FM (Kansas City, MO) — Representatives from Illinois, Kansas and Missouri are part of the caucus behind a package of bills that would promote healthy outcomes for Black mothers, who die from pregnancy-related causes at far higher rates than women of other races.
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Review clears Lincoln University president of 'claims of bullying' after administrator's suicide

Review clears Lincoln University president of 'claims of bullying' after administrator's suicide

KCUR-FM (Kansas City, MO) — The university's national alumni group issued a "no confidence" rebuke to the Board of Curators, for accepting the review's findings and reinstating President John Moseley.
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Across the Midwest, unions are breaking through in a way they haven't in decades

Across the Midwest, unions are breaking through in a way they haven't in decades

KCUR-FM (Kansas City, MO) — Union members and labor experts agree that a collective sense of job insecurity and frustration over wages and working conditions are driving activity in the region.
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The future of the Midwest includes hazardous heat, and most of our homes are not ready

The future of the Midwest includes hazardous heat, and most of our homes are not ready

KCUR-FM (Kansas City, MO) — Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska are part of an emerging "extreme heat belt" that could deliver more scorching days within 30 years. So far, there's no unified plan to make our dwellings safe in the dangerously high temperatures to come.
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How 9 Metro St. Louis Universities Are Responding To Coronavirus Fears

How 9 Metro St. Louis Universities Are Responding To Coronavirus Fears

KWMU-FM (St. Louis, MO) — There are no known cases of COVID-19 on college campuses in the St. Louis region, but many university admistrators are taking precautions by suspending in-person instruction and transitioning to online teaching platforms for varying periods of time. Here's how the insitutions are responding.
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'A Black Dot In A Sea Of White': Recalling The Integration Of U City High

'A Black Dot In A Sea Of White': Recalling The Integration Of U City High

St. Louis Public Radio — Before Judy Gladney was among the first black students to integrate University City High School, she and her family were the first black people to move into a gated community in the city called University Hills. For Gladney, 67, being among the first was almost a family tradition.
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Not 'Knocking It Out Of The Park': Examining The 2018 St. Louis Equity Indicators Report

Not 'Knocking It Out Of The Park': Examining The 2018 St. Louis Equity Indicators Report

St. Louis Public Radio — In January 2018, concerns over whether city resources are equally distributed among the entire population prompted an effort to measure equity between black and white St. Louisans. The results are in after a year of the Equity Indicators project: St. Louis scored a 46 out of 100.
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What is 'racial bias training'? As Starbucks breaks to learn, we ask an expert

What is 'racial bias training'? As Starbucks breaks to learn, we ask an expert

St. Louis Public Radio — Starbucks stores across the country will be closed on Tuesday afternoon. The company announced it would use the half day to "conduct racial-bias education geared toward preventing discrimination in our stores." Starbucks announced the move in April after video of police arresting two black men at a Philadelphia location went viral.
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St. Louis conference 'celebrates' 50 years of Fair Housing Act

St. Louis conference 'celebrates' 50 years of Fair Housing Act

St. Louis Public Radio — Advocates concerned about persistent housing segregation in the region might question why promotional materials for the 2018 Fair Housing Conference use the word "celebrate" in reference to the Fair Housing Act.
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Nuns on the Bus take message about Ryan budget on the road in Missouri | National Catholic Report...

Nuns on the Bus take message about Ryan budget on the road in Missouri | National Catholic Report...

National Catholic Reporter (NCROnline.org) — The day after Social Service Sr. Simone Campbell of NETWORK gave an impassioned speech at the Democratic National Convention, members of the organization's Missouri arm took an equally heartfelt message to lawmakers and politicians across the state as a continuation of the Nuns on the Bus tour.
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Doing Business With The DNC: Some Black-owned Charlotte Companies See Con...

Doing Business With The DNC: Some Black-owned Charlotte Companies See Con...

www.thevillagecelebration.com — How many vendors does it take to power the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte? The DNC isn't saying-at least until after the convention. Companies from around the country have contracts to do everything from rolling the teleprompter for the President to running the convention television production operation, Studio 2012. They design credentials and shuttle delegates around the Queen City. Of the businesses that have contracts with the DNC, how many are African-American owned? Again, there's no official word from the party for now. A diversity promise In March, the DNC and the Charlotte in 2012 Host Committee announced the convention's diversity contracting policy.
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg comes under attack at National Rifle Association conference

Mayor Michael Bloomberg comes under attack at National Rifle Association conference

New York Daily News — Mayor Bloomberg may have been the most unpopular person at the nation's largest gathering of gun nuts on Friday - and he wasn't even there. Members of the National Rifle Association, attending their annual bullet bash in St. Louis, took aim at Hizzoner on Friday for his bold campaign against illegal guns. They called him a bastard, told him to mind his business and challenged his credibility. And those were just comments fit for print in the Daily News.
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The Butlers did it: Illinois retirees revealed as winners of $218M share of Mega Millions jackpot

The Butlers did it: Illinois retirees revealed as winners of $218M share of Mega Millions jackpot

New York Daily News — Patricia Butler started giggling when her husband told her they'd won the Mega Millions, and now they're laughing all the way to the bank. The relaxed retirees were introduced Wednesday as holders of one of three winning tickets to the record $656 million March 31 jackpot. That evening, after comparing the lucky digits announced on TV news with those on his ticket, Merle Butler turned to his wife, Patricia, and said two simple words: "We won."
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The Swing State Story: What the Black Vote in the Convention Host State a...

The Swing State Story: What the Black Vote in the Convention Host State a...

www.thevillagecelebration.com — You've heard the phrases "swing state" and "battleground state." Basically, they amount to the same thing in an election year: territory that is up for grabs by either the Democrats or the Republicans. Experts and media outlets provide lists of these states, slicing and dicing the polling and other data to decide which ones are "in play" and which are solidly red or blue. In 2012, the color that could mean a big difference for the Democrats may actually be black, as in African-American. In short, there are swing states in which high African-American voter turnout is a must for President Obama and other Democratic candidates.
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Artful Arkansas: New Museum Builds Bridges Between Diverse Artists - The ...

Artful Arkansas: New Museum Builds Bridges Between Diverse Artists - The ...

www.thevillagecelebration.com — Most people might not associate Walmart with high art. And, most people might not picture northwestern Arkansas as home to a collection of American works that rivals many of the nation's top museums. And yet, it is thanks to Walmart heiress Alice Walton, daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton, that the Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Ark. came to be. The museum is itself a masterpiece. Designed by architect Moshe Safdie, it straddles two spring-fed ponds and nestles in a ravine on land that was once the backyard of Sam Walton and his family.
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He Had Me at iPod: How Steve Jobs Made a PC Person Into An Apple Adopter

He Had Me at iPod: How Steve Jobs Made a PC Person Into An Apple Adopter

Patch.com — I confess to feeling a bit like a member of an exclusive club when I enter the Apple Store at the St. Louis Galleria. But I was a late Apple adopter. I never really got the Mac "thing." In college (circa 1990), one of my journalism classes met in lab where we used Macintosh Classics. Thinking of a Mac-loving friend, I asked myself, "What's so great about this computer?" I remained strictly PC as technology advanced and streamlined through the 1990s and early 2000s, both at home and in the newsrooms where I worked.
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Gateway to China: Local Hub Talk Coincides with Travel from St. Louis to Chengdu

Gateway to China: Local Hub Talk Coincides with Travel from St. Louis to Chengdu

Patch.com — There has been a good deal of talk about China in metro St. Louis lately. Our lawmakers, business groups, and corporate leaders hope to make the region a hub for trade with China. That hope has a name: Aerotropolis. Right about now there is a bit of turbulence around the idea, though, as reported by the Missouri Watchdog on Clayton-Richmond Heights Patch. Maryland Heights Patch and Hazelwood Patch also reported on the Aerotropolis, which would involve providing tax credits for developers to build cargo warehouses and related infrastructure in the communities near Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. Where do I come in?
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'Tis the Season for the Good Old Fashioned Post Office

'Tis the Season for the Good Old Fashioned Post Office

Patch.com — There's a Stamps.com commercial that makes this bold assertion: "There's nothing worse than standing in line at the post office." Really? It's this kind of statement that may be contributing to the U.S. Postal Service's financial and operational woes. Stamps.com and other online postage vendors would have us believe that printing postage at home is the next best thing to the Internet. And there's another commercial from Stamps.com; in which the prospect of a post office run strikes a nameless fear into the hearts of office workers. (Not to be left out of the online retail game, the U.S.
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The Third Space: When Home and Office Just Won't Do

The Third Space: When Home and Office Just Won't Do

Patch.com — A dog barking in the background when you're trying to take a business call. A pile of laundry that seems to be calling your name. Running out of room on the dining room table. These are just a few things that might make you rethink your decision to work from home. In a previous installment of this column, I discussed the benefits and challenges of working from St. Louis Bread Company. But, a cafe or coffee shop may not be quite the right ambience for your professional life. This week I learned a new phrase: the third space.
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Eye on Africa: Bringing Genealogy Research Into Focus for African-Americans

Eye on Africa: Bringing Genealogy Research Into Focus for African-Americans

thevillagecelebration.com — DNA testing and online resources have added new dimensions to genealogy research among African-Americans. So have television shows like Finding Your Roots on PBS and NBC's Who Do You Think You Are? And yet, experts say exploring one's family tree is not only a matter of technology.
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