Election 2022
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The American endorses Trudy Busch Valentine for U.S. Senate in August 2 primary
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A Fresh new face
Joshua Danrich, 13, has great business scents Joshua Danrich was ready to debut his product in 2019. He and his mother hit the event circuit, selling “Mr. Fresh” fragrances at outdoor markets and special events.
By Sylvester Brown Jr. The St. Louis American “Mom, can I start a luxury car dealership?’ Shay Danrich was a bit taken aback by her son, Joshua’s question. “No, Joshua, you can’t have a luxury car dealership at 10-years old,” Shay curtly replied. Shay, a single mother with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree works as a business consultant. Her only son, Joshua, who attended meetings with Shay and her clients since he was a toddler, grew up in an entrepreneurial environment. One day he confronted his mother and said, “Mom, you’re always helping people start businesses; when are you going to help me start mine?” His question was so “sincere and from the heart,” Shay recalled, “I couldn’t do anything but honor his
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Vol. 94 No. 17 COMPLIMENTARY
Rochelle Smith takes role formerly held by late husband Named SLU’s VP of Diversity & Innovative Community Engagement By Ashley Winters The St. Louis American Rochelle D. Smith, M.S., who will become Saint Louis University’s (SLU) new Vice President for Diversity and Innovative Community Engagement, is no stranger to St. Louis or to leading and developing robust diversity programs. Her resume extends from the Midwest to the Northeast. This fall, Smith will lead the University’s Division of Diversity and Innovative Community Engagement (DICE), which is home to the Center for Social Action, Cross-Cultural Center for Global Citizenship, and Campus Kitchen, as well as Rochelle initiatives that include the Atlas Smith Week international festival and a diversity speaker series. Smith will begin her new role at SLU in October, succeeding Amber Johnson, Ph.D., who served as SLU’s interim vice president for diversity and innovative community engagement since August 2021. “I am humbled and honored to join the SLU family in this important role,” Smith said. “I look forward to working alongside the DICE team and building upon the legacy of my predecessors.”
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Members of Congress protest in support of abortion rights prior to arrest at the U.S. Capitol on July 19, 2022. Members L-R are Cori Bush of Missouri (in black shirt), Nydia Velazquez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Jackie Speier of California, Carolyn Maloney of New York, Alma Adams of North Carolina and Barbara Lee of California.
Cori Bush among members of Congress arrested after protest More than a dozen members of Congress were arrested Tuesday alongside abortion rights activists after they sat down and blocked an intersection between the U.S. Capitol building and the Supreme Court to protest conservative justices’ decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The act of civil disobedience came as backers of abortion rights urge more bold action from President Joe Biden to protect abortion access and Republican-led states ban
HEALTH
Gun safety ‘wrapped in a mental health bill’
The gun safety law forged through tense bipartisan talks in the Senate last month has been heralded as the first federal legislation in 30 years to combat rising gun violence.
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or severely limit abortion services. The 17 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and abortion rights advocates began walking together from the steps of the Capitol toward the Supreme Court building around 1 p.m. Fifteen minutes later, they sat down in an intersection in front of the fenced-off Supreme Court building as a U.S. Capitol Police officer warned they were involved in illegal demonstration activity and would be arrested if they didn’t move. A few minutes later, as lawmakers and protesters chanted in support of abortion
By Maya Pottiger
rights, U.S. Capitol Police officers began leading them away to a shaded, grassy area nearby where they would be charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding under District of Columbia law and told they needed to pay a $50 fine. Thirty-five people were charged, including 17 Members of Congress, according to the Capitol Police. Those arrested included Democratic Reps. Alma Adams of North Carolina, Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania, Cori Bush of Missouri, Rashida Tlaib and
During the pandemic, we’ve seen an exodus of teachers from public schools, but it turns out educators aren’t the only ones ditching traditional K-12 education institutions. In the first year of the pandemic, there was a 3% drop in public school enrollment, bringing the number of students in attendance back to levels last seen in 2009. Not only did it “erase a decade of steady growth,” but it was the largest single-year decline in public school enrollment since 1943, according to the National Center for Education Statistics’ 2022 Condition of Education report. But the decline wasn’t seen everywhere. Charter schools actually saw considerable growth during the pandemic school years. According to a 2021 analysis by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, charter
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Along with abortion rights activists, group blocked an intersection in D.C. between U.S. Capitol and Supreme Court
By Jennifer Shutt States Newsroom
Charter enrollment numbers and Black students
BUSINESS
LIVING IT
Bringing a swanky flair to Carondelet
SSD teacher competes in plus-sized pageant
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The restaurant has a convenient location and offers an exclusive wine list and adds a certain type of sophistication to small plates, according to Shed.
Michaela Morgan, being a Black plussize woman competing in the Ms. Full Figured USA pageant, has learned to be more confident in herself.