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Abundance of digital data brings need for vigilance against its disappearance Aug 20, 2018

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The digital age has ushered in many advancements and fresh possibilities – and also new concerns. One of those has to do with the need to protect vital scientific and public data.

STLPR reporter connects with Kenyan-born teens from St. Louis during their service trip Aug 20, 2018

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St. Louis Public Radio's Ryan Delaney talks about his recent travels in Africa, where he caught up with some fellow St. Louisans.

‘Dark Money’ opens in St. Louis, sheds light on increasingly untraceable financing of political campaigns Aug 17, 2018

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With a growing lack of transparency clouding money’s influence on politics around the United States, a new film digs into the issue by zooming in on one state in particular: Montana.

‘We Live Here’: Missouri Supreme Court reaches decision on Latasha Johnson’s tenants’ rights case Aug 17, 2018

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"We Live Here" producer/host Tim Lloyd provides an update on the Missouri Supreme Court's ruling in favor of Latasha Johnson's landlord.

A conversation about the condition of public housing in East St. Louis Aug 17, 2018

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Host Don Marsh talks with STLPR's Ashley Lisenby and the Southern Illinoisan's Molly Parker about the impact of the situation on residents of East St. Louis.

‘These are not your usual employees’: Attorney deciphers law, political protests, employees’ rights Aug 16, 2018

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Mitch Margo, the Missouri Valley Conference’s general counsel, discusses the implications of the law when it comes to employees exercising their right to protest.

‘It packs an emotional wallop’: Union Avenue Opera takes on apartheid-era ‘Lost in the Stars’ Aug 16, 2018

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Contrary to any stuffy misconceptions, opera isn’t something one simply observes or sits through – especially not an opera like Kurt Weill's 1949 “Lost in the Stars.”

Missourians struggling to keep up on child-support payments face ‘perpetuating cycle,’ say attorneys Aug 15, 2018

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When Stephanie Lummus first entered nonprofit legal work, she didn’t expect that her efforts to represent homeless people and help them exit poverty would so often revolve around child support.

‘We’re just regular folks trying to live our lives’: Black, queer intersectionality Aug 15, 2018

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Black Pride St. Louis President Randy Rafter and Center for Black Equity President/CEO Earl Fowlkes discuss the intersectionality between black and queer identities.

Wash U professor answers 10 questions about the psychology behind conspiracy theories Aug 14, 2018

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Conspiracy theories are nothing new – but they are in the news a lot these days, and they seem to particularly plague the digital age.