Progressives

With a new mayor incoming in St. Louis, progressives have announced their intention to "flip the board" to create a new progressive majority on the Board of Aldermen. Candidates Anne Schweitzer and Shedrick Kelley discussed the effort on St. Louis on the Air, with analysis from Rachel Lippmann.

Phelps County consistently supports Republicans at all levels of government, but a progressive movement has started making inroads toward change.

In May 2016, New York-based journalist Meaghan Winter made a trip to Missouri, one that would ultimately inspire her new book. While watching the…