Summer Jobs

Foster youth are more likely to be unemployed, food insecure or homeless. They're the focus of an EPA grant program with a specific goal of training a workforce capable of cleaning up polluted brownfield sites — unused, polluted plots of land.

Since the first group of “job seekers,” STL Youth Jobs has gone from finding employment for 200 area youth in 2013 — to 800 in 2019.

White, upper-middle-class Americans have held the reins of the mainstream conservation movement for decades — and some say change is long overdue.A small…

Rep. Bruce Franks returns for his third appearance on Politically Speaking, where the St. Louis Democrat talked about how he’s been faring during his…

At Beyond Sweet, an ice cream and snack shop in the Delmar Loop, two teens are practicing the art of of building mountain peaks of whipped cream.For now,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 10, 2010 - Late spring, Erin Fagan, a senior at St. Joseph's Academy, sent out applications for…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 29, 2010 - This is just the time of year when teenagers who have put off thinking about summer…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 29, 2009 - Marcel Douglas has high expectations. Once he graduates from high school, he plans to…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 28, 2009 - The city of St. Louis and SLATE are teaming up with private employers to offer the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 14, 2009 - Summer employment for many Missouri youngsters will include the usual work: mowing…