Tim Lloyd

In a previous episode we found stark disparities in how black and white children are disciplined. Well, a lot has happened since then. The day after we ran that episode, public schools in the city of St. Louis joined only a handful of districts across the country and banned out-of-school suspensions for its youngest students.

Companies like Google, Twitter, and Facebook have all been called out for their mostly white and male staff. And a lot of them have vowed to get better, though results have been mixed.

Do you remember the first time you learned about special clubs and cliques? With a historic Election Day rapidly approaching, we wanted to take some time to consider a much larger club. You could call it “Club Democracy” and consider voting its fundamental benefit.

We plant ourselves in Adams Elementary, a south St. Louis school with a serious mission: equitable education and opportunities for all of its 300 students. This simple and lofty-sounding goal is familiar to many educators, but hard to actually achieve. So what does it really take to do this?

This a preview of an upcoming episode of St. Louis Public Radio’s We Live Here, a podcast that explores race, class, power and poverty in the St. Louis…

The relocation of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to north St. Louis has been heralded as a big win for the region. But it also meant relocating some 200 residents. St. Louis Public Radio’s business reporter Maria Altman has been covering the NGA relocation for months. As we resume the second season of We Live Here… Maria joins co-hosts Kameel Stanley and Tim Lloyd to take a closer look at what is being lost in the name of progress.

Our first live show! We teamed up with two local St. Louis orgs (UrbArts and Second Tuesdays) to bring you a night of live storytelling about race, class, poverty and power.

We take a break from public policy and social systems, and instead explore different perspectives about what "My America" means to our listeners.

In our episode last week, we brought you stories of people navigating the nation's biggest program aimed providing housing for the low income, elderly and disabled. This week's podcast widens the scope a bit, and takes a look at the changes happening in federal housing policy. Trust us, it's a lot more exciting than it sounds! Featuring stories and voices from St. Louis, Chicago, Oakland and Phoenix.

Housing choice vouchers -- commonly known as Section 8 -- are supposed to give people with low incomes the freedom to pick where they want to live. But for many voucher holders, that's not how the story actually plays out. With help from reporters in Georgia and San Francisco, this week we explore just how tough it is to find affordable housing in America -- even with a little boost from Uncle Sam.

In 2015, 188 people were victims of homicide in St. Louis. In this episode, we bring you stories of those who have to cope and carry on. Because from a family, to a neighborhood, and beyond...as you follow the wake of each homicide, the ripples get wider and wider.