Jason Purnell

What changes — for better or worse — have happened since “For the Sake of All” was published 10 years ago?

BJC HealthCare, the hospital system that operates Barnes-Jewish Hospital and more than a dozen others in the St. Louis region, on Wednesday unveiled a strategic plan that aims to decrease health disparities between the city’s richest and poorest residents, particularly the gap in health outcomes for Black and white people.

The “For the Sake of All” project made waves with the revelation that, in St. Louis, less than 10 miles apart between Clayton and north St. Louis, there…

While most people think of the "Delmar Divide," as simply a line that separates a mostly white community to the south and a mostly black community to the north, the reality is that the divide represents huge disparities in health.

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 27, 2013 - More than 1,000 lucky newborns in Oklahoma are part of an experiment, coordinated by…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: More than 1,000 lucky newborns in Oklahoma are part of an experiment, coordinated by Washington…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: When Jason Purnell was a fourth grader, his mother gave him a book on Supreme Court Justice Thurgood…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 17, 2012 - Education and wealth influence whether some women become overweight, but these…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 18, 2012 - When the Rev. Starsky D. Wilson talked about health disparities at a conference…