Hoppin’ John is more than the sum of its parts. The ingredients have symbolic importance. Eating the classic Southern dish on New Year’s Day portends good fortune in the coming year. While black-eyed peas represent coins, more luck is to be had when serving up a pot of collard greens, representing green backs (dollars)....
As the St. Louis region began to close schools and issue stay-home orders due to the pandemic, Rebeccah Bennett knew that the most vulnerable — the Black community, the unhoused …
A veteran Republican lawmaker will lead the Missouri Department of Revenue and a long-time administrator in state government will take over the Department of Mental Health, Gov. Mike Parson announced …