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Missouri Preservation: State's Most Endangered Historic Sites in 2013 (PHOTOS)

What historic properties in Missouri are most likely to face demolition? The Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation has released its annual list of the state's most endangered sites, which this year includes the Book House, a beloved store in Rock Hill that recently got its eviction notice as ... More >>

All Politics Is Racial: The tiny north-county hamlet of Vinita Park puts a new spin on the old adage

When General Grant Expelled the Jews: A Lost Story From the Civil War

On December 17, 1862, nearly 150 years ago (minus six months or so), General Ulysses S. Grant expelled the Jews from the Department of the Tennessee, the war zone under his command, which stretched from northern Mississippi to Cairo, Illinois, between the Mississippi and Tennessee rivers. Within th ... More >>

Freedom Under Fire: A Village Voice Media Special Report

The Role Mexican Food Plays in the Immigration Debate

Is Civil Disobedience the Answer to Immigration Debate?

Supreme Court Decision on Arizona Will Divide Nation

Destructive Ignorance in St. Louis and South Florida and the Unfulfilled Potential of Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman

Editor: Tef Poe is an artist from St. Louis City. Through powerful imagery and complicated honesty, he has earned a reputation as one of the best rappers telling the story of St. Louis, which is about much more than one place. Poe has been featured in music publications such as XXL and Urb Magazine. ... More >>

Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending April 22, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books, Subterranean Books and Sue's News. It was a week for new titles on the St. Louis bests ... More >>

Author Barbara Wright Discusses New Novel, Crow, Wednesday at Left Bank Books

Author Barbara Wright is out with her latest novel, Crow, the story of a young boy who witnessed the Wilmington Race Riots of 1898. Daily RFT caught up with the Denver-based writer prior to her reading this Wednesday (7 p.m.) at Left Bank Books. Daily RFT: You grew up in North Carolina. Did you hea ... More >>

Vicious Cycle: Dorian Williams thought he was a bike champion, shrinks and FBI be damned

Ask a Mexican: Are Spaniards white?

Ask a Mexican: Why Jesus shows his face in tortillas

Lure is not responsible for all Washington Avenue's trouble, but it's taking all the blame

Is the Noose An Inherently Racist Object?

Image viaYou know what they say, no noose is good noose.​Two St. Louis sheriff's deputies say it is, and the outcome of their workplace discrimination lawsuit against their boss, Sheriff James Murphy, may hinge on convincing jurors that the iconic hangman's knot does indeed symbolize prejudice.Wal ... More >>

Lure Owner Responds to City Nuisance Complaints

lurenightclub.comLure has nine nuisance complaints on file with the city since April 2009. ​Parking. Smoke. Fire alarms. Allegations of underage drinking. These are the nuisance complaints (attached below) filed against Lure nightclub with the city's Citizen Service Bureau over the past 15 months ... More >>

St. Louis Cracks Down on Downtown Nightclubs: Lure, Sugar, F15teen

Corrected and updated (with specific number of police calls to the clubs) at 9:24 a.m.So, here's a curious aside regarding the city's crackdown this week on three downtown nightclubs. On Monday, Daily RFT specifically asked the St. Louis Police Department whether Monday's shootings downtown had anyt ... More >>

Lure, Sugar and F15teen Under St. Louis City Scrutiny

As Daily RFT reports this morning, St. Louis city officials are cracking down on three downtown clubs -- Lure, Sugar, and F15teen -- over security concerns. This comes two days after a Monday shooting near Lure, which is just the latest incident near the Washington Avenue club. As Chad Garrison repo ... More >>

Whitewash: Some fairy tale! Disney's first black princess can't escape the ghetto.