This election, Missouri voters have a critical opportunity to make their voices heard on reproductive rights. Amendment 3, the Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative, would amend the state constitution to guarantee a right to reproductive health care and offer protections for pregnant peop…
I spent the majority of my adult life, nearly 37 years, taking and processing all manner of Social Security and Supplemental Security Income claims. So it insults me to witness misinformation and/or misleading scenarios about the program, particularly the fear-mongering kind being bandied ab…
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic violence is present throughout the world, but as Americans prepare for the Nov. 5 election, I want to share some difficult statistics about what鈥檚 happening right here in the U.S.:
Missouri may be the 鈥淪how Me鈥 State, but the politicians who snuck the deceptive Amendment 7 onto this November鈥檚 ballot aren鈥檛 living up to our state slogan.
The writer Ta-Nehisi Coates has gotten far more attention than he deserves for his new book, "The Message," which contains a blistering condemnation of Israel. The response from Israel's defenders has been equally and deservedly blistering.
Recently the Post-Dispatch printed an op-ed by a writer representing the Jewish Voice for Peace-St. 不良研究所导航网址 organization. (鈥淥pinion: Our Jewish community stands with Palestine,鈥 Oct. 9.)
There are two candidates running for the U.S. Senate from Missouri who would continue to support Ukraine and our North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies if they were elected. Neither of them is named Josh Hawley.
A critical thinking activity I regularly did with my high school history students was asking them to imagine how future historians would evaluate a significant event or person from our time. The upcoming election, just weeks away, presents an ideal opportunity to pose this question about for…
It鈥檚 6:30 p.m. and you鈥檝e just gotten off work. Before heading home, you stop by your barber for your biweekly appointment. He cleans you up just the way you like, you pay him and head on your merry way.
If Donald Trump loses the presidential election, to hear him and his campaign tell it, the fate of the Republican Party should be the least of our concerns: his defeat would spell the end of the nation itself and all that we hold dear.
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When thinking about Monday鈥檚 one-year anniversary of Hamas鈥 attack on Israel, it is constructive to consider it with the context of another anniversary that was observed in the U.S. last month.
As I watched the vice presidential debate last week, I found myself getting more and more infuriated as Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican nominee, kept repeating his mantra that Vice President Kamala Harris could have done something in the last three-and-a-half years to affect change in …
Among the many things that Missourians will vote on in November is Amendment 6, which if passed would reinstitute a fee on court filings in Missouri to fund a larger pension for sheriffs and prosecutors in Missouri. The fee was previously $3 before it was overturned by Missouri courts.
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Donald Trump recently delivered what even he admitted was a "dark" speech.
The voices in favor of Missouri Amendment 3 have been loud and clear and appear to get plenty of space in the media, whether it be print media, TV media or social media. Fairness should permit some space to those either against the amendment, or who have valid concerns about it.
I will vote 鈥測es鈥 on Missouri Constitutional Amendment 3 on Nov. 5. It gives women the right to own the decisions about their reproductive medical care, and allows regulation of abortion after the fetus is viable.
Right now, across Missouri, nearly 50,000 people rely on the Medicare home health benefit. But this patient population is increasingly at risk of losing access to home health in the future.
Opinion: Ohio鈥檚 Republican governor has been adroitly handling the crisis in Springfield with the interests of all Buckeyes at hand, all while doing so in a cross-partisan manner.
Opinion: Occupational licensing makes it a crime to begin working in certain occupations before meeting minimum entry requirements.
Opinion:聽From a taxpayer鈥檚 perspective, investing in early childhood education is worthwhile.
Opinion:聽Missouri needs every OB/GYN it can possibly attract. Women鈥檚 health depends on not driving even one OB/GYN away.
It was 80 years ago, during World War II, when a small detachment of U.S. soldiers were sent on a mission in France. This was a few months after the Allied D-Day landings that began the liberation of Europe from Nazi German occupation.
While driving recently, I saw a lawn sign that grabbed my attention. It simply said: 鈥淗arris obviously.鈥
Let's skip ahead to after the election. No matter who wins, the next president will declare they have a "mandate" to do something. And they will be wrong.
Sleepy teens are struggling students
St. 不良研究所导航网址 continues to lose population and decline. The fundamental problem is there isn鈥檛 a unified concept of what St. 不良研究所导航网址 can and should be. The missing element is an aspirational and attainable vision of a new St. 不良研究所导航网址 that takes the form of a public-driven master plan.
Nationally and locally, 2023 was the worst year for higher education in many decades. 2024 may be even worse.
Opinion:聽The death penalty demands a standard of certainty that, in this case, has not been met. Missouri must choose the path of compassion, caution, and most importantly, justice.
Opinion:聽A Black man is scheduled to be lynched Tuesday. But he is innocent. DNA evidence proves it.