missouri-independent
Growing up with school shootings hardened my generation in ways you don’t understand | Opinion
If you think a child is too young to learn about other kids being murdered in their classrooms, you’re flat wrong.
Pandora’s Box: Overturning Roe is only the beginning of the threats to women | Opinion
I’m ready to demand that candidates for office be vocally and unapologetically pro-choice before I give them a dime or a vote.
The biggest threat to American democracy comes from within | Janice Ellis
Democracy isn't something we can take for granted. As the war in Ukraine shows, we have to fight for it.
If you think you’re living in a divided America, it’s nothing new | Janice Ellis
Why does it seem the nation is in a more vulnerable state than ever?
Appointing a Black woman to the Supreme Court is not affirmative action | Opinion
Was it affirmative action when Jewish (Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan), Italian (Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito) and Latina (Sonia Sotomayor) jurists were appointed? What about Clarence Thomas, a Black man?
We must never forget that elected officials work for the people | Opinion
Workers should never forget that they are employers themselves. Elected officials work for the people. Our tax dollars pay their salaries and benefits.
Is America experiencing a different kind of ‘civil war’? | Opinion
Two truths have withstood the test of time. One, a house divided against itself will not stand. Two, a great country is not destroyed by an external enemy but from within
Will Joe Biden’s executive order spark real change in food production? | Opinion
The executive order also aims to strengthen antitrust enforcement. Agriculture is one of the most concentrated industries in the U.S.
COVID-19 brings front and center the tug between individual rights and the public good | Opinion
Getting COVID under control in this country is in all of our best interest — in every aspect of our lives.