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8 New St. Louis Restaurants To Try This November Nov 10, 2020

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New restaurants and bars continue to open in the St. Louis region — often with extensive safety protocols. And they’re offering new items for local food lovers and ways for patrons to get their favorite dishes. Sauce Magazine features eight new restaurants in its November Hit List, and executive editor Meera Nagarajan joined "St. Louis on the Air" to talk about them.

St. Louis Health Care Workers Feel Strain As Coronavirus Cases Spike Nov 09, 2020

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Members of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force said that as hospitals in the St. Louis region near their capacity to treat coronavirus patients, doctors, nurses and other hospital staff are overworked and afraid.

‘Oldest St. Louis’ Spotlights The Area’s Long-Surviving Places And Things Nov 09, 2020

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Author Nini Harris' new book “Oldest St. Louis” explores the history of everything from the oldest house in the region (which dates to 1790s Florissant) to the region’s oldest prayer vigil (ongoing since 1928). She explains how she got to the bottom of things and why her findings give her hope.

‘Test Pattern’ Film Examines How Medical System Deals With Sexual Assault Nov 06, 2020

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Among the offerings of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival is “Test Pattern.” It is the first feature film by St. Louis native Shatara Michelle Ford and, which follows a young Black woman as she navigates the medical and justice system after an assault.

Missouri GOP Leader Details How Republicans Trounced Democrats Nov 06, 2020

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Missouri Republicans performed exceptionally well on Tuesday. Jean Evans, the Missouri GOP’s executive director, joins the show to discuss the winning strategy that she said boiled down to three things: great candidates, a strong ground game and the Democratic Party’s failure to resonate with Missouri voters.

The Story Of Folk Hero John Henry — Beyond The Ballad Nov 06, 2020

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St. Louis filmmaker Matthew Rice's "The Ballad of John Henry" is streaming as part of this year's extended St. Louis International Film Festival. The documentary delves into the folk hero John Henry's hardships of living under Virginia’s “Black codes” and the convict-lease program, an unjust legal system developed after the Civil War as a replacement for slavery.

As Missouri And Illinois Lead The U.S. In Sheltered Workshops, Advocates Push For Change Nov 05, 2020

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In September, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released a report supporting the phaseout of subminimum wage for people with disabilities. For St. Louisan Colleen Starkloff, co-founder of the Starkloff Disability Institute, it’s about time. While she’s quick to acknowledge the good intentions of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act exception when it was first created, she’s convinced that phasing it out is critical to human dignity and inclusive employment practices. “There’s a way to do that, and sheltered workshops aren’t it,” she says.

How Cops & Clinicians Plans To Change Policing In St. Louis, Beginning With Just 16 Hires Nov 05, 2020

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A new program in St. Louis will divert some 911 calls crisis counselors, while some social workers will now respond to calls for service alongside a cop. The city's point person on the project and the contractor handling calls discuss the rollout and the goals behind it.

A Deep Dive On Tuesday’s Election Results In The Show-Me State Nov 04, 2020

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In conversation with UMSL's Anita Manion and St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum, we dig into some of the biggest local and statewide races and issues voters weighed in on this fall — and what to make of the results. We also talk with Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush and with STLPR reporters Jonathan Ahl and Jaclyn Driscoll.

In 2020, St. Louis Mediation Project Is A Lifeline For Tenants, Landlords Alike Nov 03, 2020

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KaDrea Harrison doesn’t particularly enjoy asking for help. So when she was unable to work because of COVID-19 and fell behind on rent earlier this year, she hesitated telling her leasing office. But now she’s glad she did, because it was quick to direct her to something called the St. Louis Mediation Project. Elad Gross is the outreach coordinator for the partnership.

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