No, I wasn’t sentenced; despite a handful of speeding tickets, I have managed to avoid the caprices of the criminal justice system. I went
Author: Barbara Finch
Reflections on September 11
I’m writing this on Sept. 8, as the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 tragedies looms large. The media loves this. It’s a chance
Pitts: The education of Barack Obama
Leonard Pitts Jr., the eloquent and empathetic columnist for the Miami Herald whose work appears in more than 100 newspapers across the country (including
Taxpayer dollars enrich Medicaid cost-cutters
If there were any benefits to the sound and fury accompanying the recent controversy about the debt ceiling crisis, one of them was this:
Visit to Griot Museum prompts reflection
The temperature was stifling when members of Women’s Voices Raised for Social Justice visited the Griot Museum on St. Louis Ave. in July. Thieves
150,000 at-risk pre-schoolers await a champion
There are more than 300 agencies and organizations in the St. Louis metropolitan area working to provide programs and services for children, according to
Justice and mercy: a troubling imprisonment deserves attention
Today it’s difficult to reconstruct exactly what happened on that hot August night in 1982. Some details were murky even then. But here’s the
$15 pregnancy drug now costs $1,500 per dose.
One might suppose that women who are in danger of delivering premature babies would not be thought of as profit centers by companies who
The Golden Rule writ simple
I don’t know Kathy Conley-Jones, but I wish I did. I think I’d like her. Conley-Jones is owner of the Conley Financial Group in