After a hectic day of food, football, travel, family, and family-related headaches, it's easy to overlook the real reason that we celebrate Thanksgiving. It's not because of some silly myth about pilgrims and it's not just another excuse for one more gorging holiday meal. It is, quite literally, about the people and things that help you make it through the year.
On Wednesday, I joined the leaders of the St. Louis health and social services group Acción Social Communitaria, as they dined with ab
photo by Jennifer SilverbergWilliam Chignoli on the steps of ASC's clinic on South GrandJust two months ago, the low-cost immigrant healthcare center La Clinica closed its doors owing to lack of funding. Now Acción Social Comunitaria, a local nonprofit that offers a broad array of social services for low-income minority groups, is "on hold" after William Chignoli, the organization's founder and executive director, resigned from his leadership position last week.Chignoli, who was profiled i
