Our safety net was already full of holes. They’re only getting bigger
The Missouri Capitol Building in Jefferson City on May 12 (Jason Hancock/Missouri Independent). Back when I was growing up, it…
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A Death Revives Concerns About Police Brutality Six Years After National Reckoning
SIKESTON, Mo. — Not everyone at Lloyd Gilmore’s funeral knew him well. One woman, who had ironed her clothes two…
Public Health Improvements Stall Amid Trump’s DEI Crackdown
THOMASVILLE, Ga. — As Earl Williams drove through a historic Black neighborhood known as Dewey City in his hometown, he…
New genetic approaches raise hopes for restoring the American chestnut to its former glory
American chestnuts were known as the 'redwoods of the East.' National Archives and Records Administration, NAID: 7030668 The American chestnut…
Why are some animals considered ‘pests’? It comes down to culture and convenience
After wild turkeys attacked an 83-year-old woman in May 2026, sending her to the emergency room for stitches, police warned…
Missouri early voting period opens with a rush that points to high primary turnout
Voters line up Wednesday morning at the Roger B. Wilson Boone County Government Center in Columbia. They are using the…
Citing a hunger ‘crisis,’ US mayors call for end to federal SNAP cuts
More than 200 American mayors are calling on the federal government to reverse changes that will cost states billions and…
After a man dies in police custody, residents in a Missouri town demand answers
Cynthia Gilmore sits in the front row of her son’s funeral at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Sikeston, Missouri. Lloyd Gilmore…
American Scientists See Prosecutions as Part of Federal Campaign Against Them
HAMILTON, Mont. — The Trump administration has stepped up arrests and public condemnation of federal scientists studying viruses as the…
Keeping drugs free of contaminants – pharmaceutical manufacturers filter medications through tiny pores to keep them sterile and safe
Sterile filtration acts as a shield between a manufactured drug and a patient. Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment via Getty Images Every year,…
Thousands of immigrant kids risk losing legal aid after Trump administration delays funds
A 10-year-old Honduran immigrant who came into the United States as an unaccompanied minor carries her baby cousin on April…
A Deloitte-Run System Denied Medicaid Benefits for Michigan’s Disabled. Now Trump’s Law Piles On.
Marie Noon takes eight medications a day. One keeps her heart rate from spiking to avoid a stroke. One prevents…
More testosterone won’t make a better soldier or a tougher man – aggression and strength drive T levels, not the other way around
A person's testosterone level does not determine their manliness or ability to fight. wilpunt/iStock via Getty Images Plus How low…
Pregnant Woman’s Roadside Death Triggers Push To Reopen Mississippi Delta Hospital
BELZONI, Miss. — Harmony Ball-Stribling’s path to pregnancy had been turbulent, from an endometriosis diagnosis to an arduous in vitro…
Doctors ‘Cringe’ at Possibility of Documenting Which Medicaid Enrollees Too Sick To Work
Alice Thornton has spent more than two decades treating people living with HIV in Lexington, Kentucky. Her team tends to…
Violence Repeatedly Erupts at Dementia Care Facilities Despite Warnings, Inspections Show
Sam Ato Timaloa, a paroled sex offender who also served time for attempted murder, had dementia and an acute intolerance…