Food Deserts

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 12, 2012 - Shaded by a straw hat and sunglasses against the post-drought vagaries of a bright,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 11, 2012 - Every Wednesday morning at 7 a.m., people begin lining up for the Joint Neighborhood…

This article first appeared in the St. louis Beacon: The low-rise building at Cass Avenue and 14th Street is now a used-car lot, but many neighborhood…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 15, 2010 - Nothing speaks louder to a mother than a silent child.When Larry Chavis was about 2,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Nothing speaks louder to a mother than a silent child.When Larry Chavis was about 2, he'd sit in the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 22, 2010 - Using his fingers to rake away ankle-high weeds on a plot next to his house, George…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Using his fingers to rake away ankle-high weeds on a plot next to his house, George Banks finally…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 20, 2010 - The low-rise building at Cass Avenue and 14th Street is now a used-car lot, but many…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 6, 2010 - As she held and examined leafy green vegetables at the new Save-A-Lot grocery store in…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 15, 2010 - During these frigid February days, the basement of Catholic Charities Midtown Center…