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Life lessons
A Teachable Moment: ‘Adults, We Have Such A Hard Time Having These Conversations’
As the months have passed since the fatal shooting of Michael Brown and teachers have gotten to know their students, the focus has started to shift away from crisis management and mental-health services to a direct discussion of the events in Ferguson and the issue of race. While some educators have been eager to talk about issues of race and class, others have found those conversations uneasy at times.
A Teachable Moment: For Some, Ferguson Is A Matter Of Faith
From pulpits to protests, many religious leaders havw been deeply involved with demonstrations following the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown on Aug. 9. And for some teachers at religious schools in St. Louis, talking with students about the protests in Ferguson and Brown’s death is about more than education -- it’s a matter of faith.
A Teachable Moment: In Riverview Gardens, Training Ambassadors For Nonviolence
Bernice King, the youngest daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is bringing her father’s message of -- and training in -- nonviolence to students living close to where mass protests broke out this past August. Students in Riverview Gardens High School attended a three-day training session in nonviolence.
Seeing the protests from all sides
Officer: Facing Threats And Shots Makes Protest Duty Emotional For Police
Since Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson fatally shot Michael Brown in August, police have been facing hostile protests with often a strong anti-law enforcement bent. Chants of "No justice, no peace" have been mixed with much more violent anti-police messages, including threats of shooting down police helicopters and other vulgar terms. But it's not just shouts being hurled at police; they've also had Molotov cocktails, rocks, and bottles of urine thrown their way, even been spit at and fired upon.
Clergy's Role In The Ferguson Protests Is Controversial And Expected
On "Moral Monday," hundreds of clergy and lay leaders from various faiths spent four-and-a-half hours praying for peace and asking police officers nearby to admit that wrong had happened and be willing to work for change. Forty-three people were arrested.
Justice For Michael Brown: An Expanding Definition
Since Michael Brown’s death one has heard a consistent cry for justice. For many protesters, that justice means the indictment of Officer Darren Wilson, who shot the unarmed 18 year old. That case is before the grand jury. But an indictment is not the only definition of justice, as sought by those who have been demonstrating.
General election 2014
In Debate, Stenger Takes Aim at Stream's Record
St. Louis County’s two major candidates for county executive – Republican Rick Stream and Democrat Steve Stenger – engaged Tuesday in their most vigorous debate to date, tangling over guns, other social issues, their records and their different visions of what government can and should do for the county’s 1 million residents. Stream called their contest “the most important race in the state of Missouri’’ on the Nov. 4 ballot. The debate was broadcast live on St. Louis Public Radio’s “St. Louis on the Air.”
Marching to a different tune
Vets Centers Ease Path From Military To College
For the typical college freshman, heading for campus means a welcome chance to leave behind all those pesky rules that had to be followed at home and to enter a new environment of freedom and choice. For the military veteran trying to re-enter civilian society and signing up for college classes, that lack of structure may be far less attractive and more than a little intimidating. Increasingly, campus veterans' centers are becoming aresource for solving the big -- and small -- problems of adjusting to the campus climate.
Secrets of St. Louis
Super Secret Government Work Happens In Some Of St. Louis' Oldest Buildings
It’s a top national security facility in St. Louis that’s flown under the radar for years. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is hidden in plain sight on more than 20 acres between the Anheuser-Busch brewery and the Mississippi River. Roughly 2,500 NGA employees work there on highly secretive projects. The maps, charts and strategic intelligence they provide are used by the president and military leaders.
Archeologists Dig For Clues To African-American History in Brooklyn, Ill.
Brooklyn, Ill., is a small, predominantly African-American town, just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. Archeologists have been digging for evidence of Brooklyn’s pre-Civil-War past, trying to solve some of the mysteries about its origins.Brooklyn appears to have played a role in the Underground Railroad ― the secret network of routes and safe houses that African Americans used to escape from slavery.
