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French: Police should 'step up,' clean own house before scolding the public
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French: Police should 'step up,' clean own house before scolding the public
Antonio French4 months ago0

Last weekend, many people marked the five-year anniversary of the killing of teenager Michael Brown Jr. by Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson. That killing, of course, sparked months of protests…

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Jaco Report: The Ferguson Commission five years later
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Jaco Report: The Ferguson Commission five years later
Charles Jaco4 months ago0

ST. LOUIS – Five years after “Ferguson” became both world-wide shorthand for often-deadly brutality against black people by white police officers and a metaphor for urban uprisings countered by para-military…

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Muny’s 'Matilda' takes on a decidedly St. Louis feel
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Muny’s 'Matilda' takes on a decidedly St. Louis feel
George Sells4 months ago0

FOREST PARK – The line of parents said it all. If you wanted to know just how much “St. Louis flair” the Muny’s performance of Roald Dahl’s “Matilda” contained, you…

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Jaco:  How Ferguson led to Trump
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Jaco: How Ferguson led to Trump
Charles Jaco4 months ago0

The slaughter of 20 people in El Paso, Texas, by a white nationalist inspired by President Donald Trump is just the latest example of deadly white identity terrorism during the…

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New book explores the role of racism in creating a fragmented St. Louis County
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New book explores the role of racism in creating a fragmented St. Louis County
Charles Jaco4 months ago0

Being a citizen of the United States gives us certain rights: freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion. And being a citizen of a city or a town…

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From our publisher:  It's not just Ferguson
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From our publisher: It's not just Ferguson
Antonio French4 months ago0

The dream of “One St. Louis” has been the aspiration of civic and business leaders for decades. Ever since the negative effects of the “Great Divorce” of 1876 began to…

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Jaco:  Tearing down the city and the country
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Jaco: Tearing down the city and the country
Charles Jaco4 months ago0

ST. LOUIS – The old, admittedly sexist joke goes, “The definition of mixed feelings is watching your mother-in-law drive off a cliff in your brand-new car.” So when you see…

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Jaco Report:  No immigrants? No refugees? No economic growth
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Jaco Report: No immigrants? No refugees? No economic growth
Charles Jaco4 months ago1

St. Louis’ sluggish, often stagnant economy has been made worse by President Donald Trump’s administration’s policy of choking off refugee resettlement, according to the CEO of St. Louis’s International Institute.…

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Art, Mimosas and Pancakes puts young artists in spotlight
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Art, Mimosas and Pancakes puts young artists in spotlight
Ymani Wince5 months ago0

SOULARD – In a city many say is measured by the haves and have-nots, and where philanthropy often determines whose art is considered significant, visual phenom and musician Brock Seals…

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Jaco: 'President Hawley' could bring about America's end times
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Jaco: 'President Hawley' could bring about America's end times
Charles Jaco5 months ago0

ST. LOUIS – The white nationalist and neo-fascist brain trust (yes, there is such a thing) supporting President Donald Trump held a conference last week about Trumpism after Trump, and…

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Jaco Report: The silence of the scams in Missouri health care
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Jaco Report: The silence of the scams in Missouri health care
Charles Jaco5 months ago0

The bloviating GOP majority that has a stranglehold on Missouri politics is uncharacteristically silent about their attempts to mangle health care for Missourians, from dismantling the Affordable Care Act —…

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Jaco: Crime, revenge and death in the streets
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Jaco: Crime, revenge and death in the streets
Charles Jaco5 months ago0

In the last decade and a half, the rate of deaths from violent crimes in St. Louis has risen dramatically, and then leveled off, according to a new study. But…

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