Equity

The St. Louis Reparations Commission is preparing to create a race-based harm report for Mayor Tishaura Jones to review next year. Robin Rue Simmons created the Evanston, Illinois, reparations plan and got Evanston’s Black residents the country’s first reparations payout. Simmons talks about her strategy and what St. Louis can do to make its reparations process successful.

“Confluences,” an exhibition of Faye Heavyshield’s work at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, includes new pieces that reflect on Cahokia Mounds and the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.

A St. Louis venture capital fund is putting $25 million toward backing startups with minority founders.

Data collection for race and ethnicity vary among states, complicating efforts to distribute COVID-19 shots to all groups. In Missouri, health officials have questioned the data's usefulness.

In January 2018, concerns over whether city resources are equally distributed among the entire population prompted an effort to measure equity between…

A new report points to ways in which racial equity and common interests can move the St. Louis region forward. The report was highlighted at an event held…

Concerns over whether city resources are equally distributed to people of color and poor residents have prompted a shift to assess St. Louis…

Should the Board of Aldermen consider if its policies are fair to communities of color when making decisions?Members of the Engrossment Rules,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 13, 2013 - If this article were to appear in the Ladue News or Town & Style, you might find it…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 13, 2010 - U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., has introduced an amendment to Wall Street reform…