Sylvester Brown

Alex & DJ Johnson don’t fit in the categories of anti-vaxxers or COVID conspiracy theorists.

Laronda Griffin was born to educate. As a child she remembers setting her dolls up in a make-believe classroom and playing teacher.

When asked about the news that she’d been selected to receive The St. Louis American’s 2022 Lifetime Achiever in Health Care award, Vetta L. Sanders Thompson said she was “definitely

“Somebody has to be in those buildings for our children...”

The two-story brick home stands out on a micro block on the west side of the city. The dwelling on Clara Avenue, on a one-way street off Page Avenue is

“It just feels like it’s never-ending.”– Allison Rabbitt, U. City teacher

Pamela Merritt has been wrestling with feelings of unfairness lately. Her older brother, William (Bill) Edward Merritt III, 51, passed away from COVID-19 last month. The unfair part about “Bill’s”

Making teachers more culturally proficient in classrooms Sometimes, out of chaos comes creativity. Such is the case for two Webster University professors, Vincent C. Flewellen and Marshaun Warren. The professors have launched an eight-week online course for K-12 educators, called “Social Justice and Inclusive Learning.” Its goal, according to Webster University, is to give teachers […]

“We were prepared for COVID.” Kathy and Jerome Jenkins, owners of Cathy’s Kitchen in Ferguson, answered resolutely when asked how COVID-19 had impacted their business. Their answer was surprising, considering the disproportionate damage the pandemic has wrought on Black businesses, in particular. But the Jenkinses say their years as struggling entrepreneurs and the protests following […]

A year ago, this month, Kavin Swan, 65, an executive with HOK, an architecture, engineering and urban planning firm, was living his normal, busy life. He traveled extensively to cities like Seattle, Reno, Atlanta and Houston, meeting with airport executives, overseeing projects and attending crowded conferences. The virus was spreading globally, but Swan wasn’t overly […]