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Editor's Weekly: St. Louisans step up

It’s easier to see problems than to solve them, easier to squelch ideas than to carry them to fruition. But in the news this week, you’ll find unmistakable signs that many St. Louisans are stepping up...

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Editor's Weekly: Looking for substance amidst the sizzle of news

Two squalls of controversy blew in to dominate the news early this week — a mega-media frenzy over Rachel Dolezal’s race and a mini-media frenzy over the Cardinals hacking investigation. Both made...

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Editor's Weekly: Turning symbols into substance

Symbols matter, as the groundswell against the Confederate flag reminded us this week. But even if retailers shun it and South Carolina lowers it, how much substantive difference will that make? That...

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Editor's Weekly: On July 4, celebration and concern for our free press

Journalists can be an irreverent lot, yet most of us believe devoutly in the sanctity of the First Amendment. The Fourth of July is its holy day, and we are its acolytes. But this year, the celebration...

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Editor's Weekly: Paw Paw French and other lessons from the past

America may be the land of opportunity, but history shapes our options. This week, history came to light in three St. Louis Public Radio reports.

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Editor's Weekly: The grief and gift of Ferguson

One year after Michael Brown’s death, St. Louisans are yearning for resolution. Truth is we’re nowhere close to achieving it. We can’t even be sure we’re on the right track. And yet, the anger and pain...

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Editor's Weekly: Back to school questions

On my street, and probably on yours, the kids went back to school this week, changing the rhythm of the neighborhood and evoking that peculiar sense of possibility that marks the end of summer. Years...

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Editor's Weekly: Three small steps turn the region toward change

Two recent deaths – the police killing of Mansur Ball-Bey and the incomprehensible shooting of 9-year-old Jamyla Bolden – felt like giant steps backward for a region already plagued by violence and...

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Editor's Weekly: Minimum wage, Uber and other Labor Day dilemmas

On Labor Day, we celebrate work by not working. How appropriate. Our attitudes about work are often contradictory, and current work-related debates raise puzzling questions. Take the minimum wage....

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Editor's Weekly: Jefferson City's problem with women

Arrogance, booze, geographic isolation and a gender power imbalance – those ingredients brew a culture in Jefferson City that is at times hazardous for women. This week, St. Louis Public Radio’s...

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Editor's Weekly: We can no longer deny or ignore issues of race

Two unavoidable questions face St. Louisans now that the Ferguson Commission has made its report : What will change and who will change it? But something fundamental has changed already. Speaking as...

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Editor's Weekly: Three snapshots of change in St. Louis

Now that the Ferguson Commission has made its report, what are St. Louisans thinking? Monday at Wellspring Church in Ferguson, many expressed frustration — with officials, obstacles and each other. But...

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Editor's Weekly: In defense of nothing

Three questions pop up when people hear I’m planning to retire at the end of the year as editor of St. Louis Public Radio. Is there hidden drama? (No.) Are you healthy? (Yes.) Then comes the question...

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Editor's Weekly: Who will benefit from National Car Rental Field?

So now we know that our new football stadium would be called National Car Rental Field. That rolls off the tongue with an odd ring of impermanence – a reminder that stadiums and teams, like rental...

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Editor's Weekly: Why St. Louis Public Radio should not have been subpoenaed —...

For the second time this year, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce’s office has subpoenaed St. Louis Public Radio and “requested” that we keep silent about it. For the second time, we’re speaking...

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Editor's Weekly: How the Arch reflects St. Louis, for better and worse

Like all great art, the Gateway Arch commands attention for more than its striking beauty. It also beckons us to see ourselves and our place in the world with new perspective. Most St. Louisans have...

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Editor's Weekly: Legal answers and common sense questions on Kajieme Powell's...

Michael Brown's death got international attention. But for those of us who live here in St. Louis, the police shooting of Kajieme Powell raises questions that are at least as troubling -- questions...

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Editor's Weekly: Press freedom — and responsibility — at Mizzou

Republican presidential candidates and anti-racism protesters at Mizzou don’t agree on much. Yet both made news recently by confronting journalists. Intentionally or not, they raised similar,...

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Editor's Weekly parting thoughts Part 1: Think like a journalist

For me, being a journalist is more than a job. It’s a state of mind, a way of relating to the world. It’s a commitment to keep asking questions and an understanding that some questions will never be...

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Editor's Weekly parting thoughts Part 2: The flame is in good hands

Most of the editors I've admired left their newsrooms because they were pushed out or carried out. Fortunately, neither is the case for me. I’m happily looking forward to retirement at the end of this...

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