St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Heather Ratcliffe is in Kennett, Mo., reporting on a court case with racial implications that’s drawing national attention that many in the southeast Missouri town don’t want.

Thursday’s Post-Dispatch will have a front-page story about the felony trial of…

The passing of  Edward Kennedy has fostered many accolades over his 40-plus years of service as a U.S. senator.

Kennedy, an ardent liberal, pushed many progressive agenda items, including universal health care, education and fair wages. But from the very early…

Nearly 50 years ago, Elwin Wilson, a young white Southerner, led an attack on a group of civil rights “freedom riders” in the whites-only waiting room of a South Carolina bus station. A week ago, in a meeting arranged with…

“When are we White Americans going to get over our ridiculous obsession with skin color?”

Andrew Manis also serves on the steering committee of Macon’s Center for Racial understanding

In a recent commentary, Andrew M. Manis, associate professor of history at Macon…