I’m a biology PhD student at the University of Missouri St. Louis and am participating in the Barbara McClintock Letter Initiative with other students around the nation. The goal of the initiative...

To the editor: A pro-growth bill for St. Louis County keeps treading water in Jefferson City.  Democratic State Senator Tracy McCreery’s Senate Bill (SB) 233 could provide universal access to...

To the editor: First they came for federal workers And I did not speak out Because I was not a federal worker Then they came for the immigrants And I did not speak out Because I was not an immigrant Then...

To the editor: I do not know this young man, but I am so very proud of him and his family for following his dream of earning all these badges.  They are not easy to attain, and the fact that he...

To the editor: I was struck by both the civic-mindedness of someone so young, and also the nativity. Wagner, Kehoe, Hawley and other republicans seem to have made quite an impression on those in attendance...

To the editor: I would like to correct and counter Kae Luppens’ 24 April Letter to the Editor.  First, blacks were given the right to vote in the 15th Amendment in 1870, not the Civil Rights Act...

To the editor: I wonder if it’s better to have no state representative or to have a state representative that actively votes against the will of his constituents?  Six months ago, the voters in...

Mass shootings have become a tragic and recurring part of life in many communities, affecting vulnerable populations from elementary school children to college students, and striking at public gatherings,...

 To the editor: Are we a republic or a democracy? Benjamin Franklin stated, “It’s a republic if you can keep it.” At that time, only wealthy, white landowners had the right to vote. They didn’t...

To the editor: Thank you to John Brett of Oakville for calling attention to the terrible road conditions in South County! If not cracked and uneven pavement, there’s the potholes that are a disaster...