by Starlette Thomas | Jul 14, 2025 | Opinion
I have looked away, averted my gaze, and stuffed lined paper in my mouth. I have picked up my mechanical pencil and put it down. I am unsure of the words that want to come out or even if I have the will to say them. Frankly, I’m all talked out. What needs to be said...
by Tyler Tankersley | Jul 1, 2025 | Opinion
Missouri may have one of the strangest state nicknames. Legend has it that in 1899, a Democratic congressman (a species that now borders on extinction) named William Duncan Vandiver said, “I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats,...
by Starlette Thomas | Jun 9, 2025 | Opinion
They kept their skulls. In the 1870s, nineteen African Americans who had been patients at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana and later died of various causes, were decapitated. Their crania were then sent to Leipzig, Germany, where they were studied under the...
by Starlette Thomas | May 5, 2025 | Faith and Democracy|Opinion, Opinion
There will be no handwringing here. While there is certainly cause for concern and even panic, I will not afflict my nervous system with clickbait and ragebait, sound bites, memes and GIFs of the Trump administration’s poor and sadistic leadership. To be sure, these...
by Rebecca M. David Hensley | Dec 11, 2024 | Faith and Democracy|Opinion, Feature, Opinion
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for the film “Wicked.” Having never seen the play or read the book, I went into the theater to see “Wicked” with virtually no expectations aside from the buzz that it’s a great show and hoping to enjoy a Friday afternoon...
