Inequality Increasing in the United States

Inequality is increasing in the United States. The gap between the rich and the poor has been growing for decades, and it is now wider than ever before. There are a number of factors that have contributed to this trend, including: The increase in inequality has a number of negative consequences, including: There are a …

Supreme Court Allows Businesses To Say “No Interracial Couples Allowed”

The Supreme Court now allows certain businesses to discriminate against color, such as refusing service to interracial couples. The decision also says businesses can refuse LBGTQ people or anyone else who the business owner deems bad according to their beliefs. Refusing service to interracial couples was illegal up until now, but it is still morally …

Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action 6-3

The Supreme Court rejected affirmative action in a 6-3 decision on June 29, 2023. The case, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, challenged Harvard University’s use of race as a factor in admissions. The court ruled that Harvard’s admissions program violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which guarantees equal protection under the …

Homeless Suffer While Others Play Reveal Inequalities in Downtown St. Louis

In downtown St. Louis, as in other cities, you can find homeless who are suffering while in the same picture find a stark contrast of unintentional photo bombs of how the other half lives, so to speak: playing, eating, having fun. These kinds of pictures help explain, in a visual sense, the inequalities in Downtown …

Tampons in Men’s Bathroom and Menstrual Equality, Find Out on Freeman Bosley Jr. Show

Tampons being added to the men’s bathroom around the country was one of the topics during the Freeman Bosley Jr. radio show and podcast which aired Saturday morning, April 22, 2023 on 1600 AM Hallelujah KATZ radio at iHeartMEDIA at The City Foundry in Midtown, St. Louis. Listen to entire segment on YouTube. Rocket Mortgage …

“Kim Gardner, You Are Not Putting Enough of us in Jail”

Pruitt, “The Missouri Chamber of Commerce came out with a statewide public safety report with strategies to reduce crime and increase our economic competitiveness,” strategies which support more policing and increasing prosecutorial consistency and transparency.  Pruitt, “What is consistency when it comes to a prosecutor when cases are individual and the circumstance of each case are individual?” more on …

Cori Bush Sets Eyes to be First Black Female to Serve in Missouri Congress

Cori Bush is about to make history at the ballot box in November while setting her eyes to be the first Black female to Serve in U.S. Missouri Congress 1st District. Bernie Sanders was thrilled that Cori Bush had won the 2020 Primary for U.S. House District 1 and said: “She is a true progressive …

Ferguson Police Department allows artists to paint mural on boarded-up windows

The Ferguson Police Department allowed artists Linton Lovelock and Phil Berwick to paint a mural on boarded-up windows on the police department building in June of 2020. The mural reads “One Nation” and “We Hear You” at the bottom of the portrait. The boards were on the windows for protection against protesters for George Floyd, …

George Floyd Portrait Vandalized in University City

A George Floyd portrait painted by Ben Angelly was vandalized in University City. It was discovered on Sunday, July 19, 2020. Artist Ben Angelly worked hard and took off work for a few days without pay to paint the portrait to honor George Floyd. He wanted to contribute something with meaning and he succeeded. Everyone …