The concept of economic mobility has its roots in the promise of an “American dream.” But, for economists, that promise is difficult to quantify — and when researchers study decades of income data, a more practical question is triggered: What does it take... See more
In St. Louis, centuries of plumbing run beneath the ground, delivering water through miles of pipes before it reaches homes in 113,000 service lines. It wasn’t until 1983 that installing lead service lines became illegal. A vast number remain active in pa... See more
A Washington University architecture professor spent two years building a 20-foot-tall concrete spiral as a temporary home for migrating birds.
Now open to the public at the Audubon Center at Riverlands nature reserve near St. Louis, Avis Spiralis was cre... See more
About 24,000 people are held in Missouri’s prisons. That’s roughly how many people live in Webster Groves in St. Louis County.
In recent years, advocates for prison reform say they have observed an alarming — and confounding — pattern in Missouri’s prison... See more
It’s been more than five years since cannabis became legal in Missouri. Since that first purchase, the number of registered patients has swelled to more than 120,000, and total profits from Missouri’s marijuana industry — a number buoyed by legalization o... See more
