Our Hometown

The Wall Street Journal recently looked at 380 metro areas to rate job market viability. St. Louis was named as one of strongest job markets in the country in the report, ahead of Denver, New York, Los Angeles, and others.

Wednesday marks the ninth anniversary of Michael Brown Jr.’s killing by a white police officer in Ferguson. Now, local officials and community members are urging residents to elect leaders who will protect Black lives.

A contemporary art museum with a knack for exhibiting the next big thing next door to another arts museum housed in a building globally recognized as an architectural marvel. An astonishingly beautiful symphony hall across the street from another of the nation’s premiere performing arts venues.

It is true, Nashville and Memphis secure a lot of love. But they are not the only mellifluent cities worth exalting. In fact, St. Louis (founded by the French in 1764 as a sanctuary) is everything you want. An alluring place deeply respectful of its musical heritage, and now with some very fresh blood taking its music scene into the future.

Some of the largest cities in the U.S. are facing a migrant crisis with many of homeless shelters overwhelmed by an influx of asylum-seekers in need. In New York City alone, officials say they have received more than 170,000 migrants since spring of 2022. One midwestern city is stepping in to give them some relief. Special Correspondent Joie Chen travels to St. Louis where an organization is creating programs to help asylum-seekers settle there.

Audiences love to be surprised, and the fact that so little is known about St. Louis means we have an audience poised to be surprised, writes the leader of the Missouri Historical Society.