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08.14.2009 9:00 pm

Keys to the city

Sisters Carol Lemkuhl, Mary Ann Buhr and Mary Kay McKenzie stand in front of the Family Center in East St. Louis. Photo by Eddie Roth.

About 10 years ago, former California Gov. Jerry Brown spoke at Washington University’s Edison Theater as…

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10.13.2008 6:53 pm

Five miles means life and death in St. Louis

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Robt. Friend, Louise Probst & Rich Patton

Robert Fruend, Louise Probst & Richard Patton

The staff of the editorial page met this morning with its community advisory board and other distinguished guests for a conversation organized by Editorial Writer John Carlton, the member of the editorial board who has…

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06.29.2008 9:00 pm

Monday editorial: Dump poverty data

fieldLet’s ban all those gloomy national statistics about American kids living in poverty. Not many people pay attention. Those who do may feel bad, but they figure there’s little they can do about it. Mostly, they’re right.

Others misinterpret Jesus’ words in…

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06.24.2008 4:44 pm

Lining up the data on kids

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

childrenVision for Children and Risk/St. Louis Children’s Agenda was local host this afternoon to a national web seminar (”webinar”) sponsored by the National League of Cities.

Twenty or so people associated with children’s service agencies and projects assembled at VCR’s offices on…

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