Race

The YWCA has been involved in social justice issues for about 150 years, but many people still don’t know the organization’s mission, CEO Dara…

Last week, St. Louis attorney Marie Kenyon was named the director of the Archdiocese of St. Louis’ new Peace and Justice Commission.The issues Kenyon…

Many older Americans were introduced to their first interracial couple in 1967 by the Sidney Poitier classic featuring what was then a shocking pairing,…

In the aftermath of Ferguson, voices in our region have called for many things – for peace, for justice, for dialogue, for answers, for change, for…

Nine African-American fathers, each from different backgrounds, spoke Tuesday about their experiences with police harassment, their fears for their…

The 2014 St. Louis International Film Festival will emphasize a topic that’s now foremost in the minds of many in our area: race.Recent local events…

How do you discuss issues of race and privilege with your children?These and other questions were on the minds of the more than 140 individuals who…

Like talking about the “facts of life,” or “the birds and the bees,” many parents and teachers know that discussing race and racism is necessary in…

A few months after the jury announced George Zimmerman was not guilty in the Florida shooting death of Trayvon Martin, NBC News legal analyst Lisa Bloom…

When radio personality Carol Daniel and her husband, Patrick Daniel, learned she was pregnant with a boy, her first reaction was sheer joy. "I had had…