One grey morning at Circle Of Concern, long before the doors officially opened, a volunteer wanted to talk. The day before he and his wife delivered Meals On Wheels: one of the diners (who received help from Circle) didn’t answer Read More …
Category: Issues
Community Issues
Yes For Cops – But No On St. Louis County “Prop P”
I spent the first 11½ years of my life in Hanley Hills, a large subdivision which became a municipality (a village) in north central St. Louis County. The village had a modest property tax but a lot of money came Read More …
America’s Responses to Jewish Refugees
Please see the flyer (below) regarding a program from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, which partnered with the St Louis County Library to bring this program from D.C. to St. Louis next Wednesday, March 22nd. The location is the St. Louis Read More …
Wage Phobia
When Missouri legislators talk about the process of getting a bill passed, they oft explain that even good ideas take years to become law. For example, the saga of Jim The Wonder Dog. Born in Louisiana but spending most of Read More …
Decoding the Poverty Agenda
The Washington Post recently ran an interesting article on what Republicans mean when they use certain terms regarding government benefit programs. For example, “streamlining” = “local control” = “block grant” = “cuts.” From Donald Trump and Paul Ryan down to Read More …
CAIR-MO Open House: A Vibrant Community Comes Forward in Support and Unity
Directly beneath Straub’s of Clayton Rd., interns Atif Shamail and Shehmin Awan nervously packed up the vacuum in their executive director’s office. The rest of the CAIR team and early guests-turned-volunteers lent hands in the lobby for last minute printing, Read More …