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Nov 15, 2024 | ninepbs.org | Veronica Mohesky |Molly Hart

While Mad Green has been involved in martial arts since childhood, they were tired of looking around and feeling like they were the only queer person who could physically defend themselves. “I am sick of being the only person I know who knows how to fight, and I really want the rest of the queer people in my life to be able to fight,” said Green, who uses they/them pronouns.

Jun 10, 2024 | ninepbs.org | V.E. Schwab

Air CanadaSt. Louis is touting Air Canada’s new direct flight to Montreal as important to the local economy. Airport director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge discusses plans to centralize all flights at a single terminal. Chosen for ChangeTen years after the death of Michael Brown, Cal and Michael Brown, Sr. are helping others deal with loss and grief. Author V.E. SchwabThe popular fantasy author is a Washington University alum who began writing her first novel in a local café.

Jun 10, 2024 | ninepbs.org | V.E. Schwab

Air CanadaSt. Louis is touting Air Canada’s new direct flight to Montreal as important to the local economy. Airport director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge discusses plans to centralize all flights at a single terminal. Chosen for ChangeTen years after the death of Michael Brown, Cal and Michael Brown, Sr. are helping others deal with loss and grief. Author V.E. SchwabThe popular fantasy author is a Washington University alum who began writing her first novel in a local café.

Apr 23, 2024 | ninepbs.org | Molly Hart

Most Americans say they or a family member has experienced gun violence, according to a 2023 KKF Health study. Ray Strickland wanted to capture the grief of losing a loved one to gun violence in his song “Time for Change.” Check out his performance of the song that won him the 2023 Teen Talent Competition. The song was inspired by the then-high school senior’s experiences grieving loved ones lost to gun violence. “It’s a cancer, and it needs to change,” Strickland said.

Apr 15, 2024 | ninepbs.org | Lynanne Feilen

In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY, discovered that their homes, schools, and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump. Love Canal was the first Superfund site identified for cleanup. The story has parallels to the local West Lake Landfill Superfund site. In a story all too familiar, thousands of tons of radioactive waste from World War II were illegally dumped in a Bridgeton, MO, landfill in 1973.