Percy Green

St. Louis Activist Percy Green Compares Lacy Clay to Samuel L. Jackson in Django Unchained

The St. Louis mayor's race is over -- but controversial commentary on the battle between Francis Slay and Lewis Reed apparently is not. Activist Percy Green sent around an op-ed he wrote to his e-mail list this week with his analysis of the primary race between the long-time incumbent and challeng ... More >>

Veolia Water Contract May Face Public Hearing [UPDATE]

Update: Click through for a copy of the preliminary Veolia contract. Yesterday, the Estimates and Apportionment Committee met to do its usual business and was met by a rather unusual crowd. Over 50 members of the activist group Dump Veolia showed up with handwritten signs protesting a pending con ... More >>

Hotshots Sports Bar Sued for "Racist" Servers and "Ghetto Specials"

Six patrons of the Bridgeton location of Hotshots Sports Bar & Grill are suing the chain and its owner for discrimination. While gathered at the bar to watch a Cardinals World Series game, the plaintiffs charge that they were essentially refused service because they are black. The weirdest part? Th ... More >>

Mississippi River Bridge Project Employment Disparity Stings for African American Community Hit Hard By Recession

"I myself don't choose to be a third generation welfare mother. I want to work in the field that I'm trained in," says Dent.​Tiama Dent is a single mother of two children and a graduate of the Illinois Department of Transportation's Highway Construction Preparatory Training program. The eight-w ... More >>

Are STL Blacks Keeping Each Other Down? New Documentary, "City of Haterz," Says Yes

Graphic by Virgil Boyd Jr.Do area blacks suffer from the "slave mentality"?​In his recent documentary, City of Haterz, local filmmaker Horace Williams explores a combustible hypothesis, best summed up by DJ Cub of Derrty DJs in the first few minutes of the film: "[St. Louis is] a 'crabs in the bar ... More >>

Boo Like You Mean It

The Christmas season is prompting some political groups to tap into their inner Scrooge. Boo Krew, a group of people who gather for the purpose of booing Mayor Francis Slay, are planning to meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Missouri History Museum to, yes, boo Slay at a Civil Rights Summit. Read mo ... More >>

No-Look Pass

Magic Johnson's proposed north St. Louis development is dead

The Kings of Kingshighway

The Roberts brothers fight to bring back life to north St. Louis

Talking Heads

Their mouths move when they speak, but is someone pulling the strings?

Knockin' 'Em Dead

Here's how the Board of Education could raise money for St. Louis schools: Charge admission to its meetings

Dressed for Deceit

Women contractors are tired of being asked to front for firms owned by white males

The Pasta House Boy

A black restaurateur says he was used as a frontman -- but didn't know it

No Mercy for Percy

The mayor answers critics by giving Green the boot

Letters

Week of August 22, 2001

Peeling the Onion

Onion Horton says he's everything a white man wants a black man to be

A Black Eye Affair

A minority firm takes a hit for no good reason

Letters

Week of May 30, 2001

Letters

Week of May 16, 2001

Letters

Week of May 9-15, 2001

Letters

Week of May 2-8, 2001

Certifiably Mad

Say "Percy Green," and some Hispanic businessmen see red

Behind the Veil

A new book rips the shroud off St. Louis' premier social organization

White Out

A local contractor gets called a fake as the dispute over minority set-aside contracts heats up. The city and some local contractors say he is; the state says he's not.

Hit Parade

Black and Blue

An anthology of African-American writing on St. Louis paints a bleak portrait of the city