On Tuesday, October 8th, The Subcommittee on Health Care Reform held a hearing for “Discussion on Medicaid and Medicaid expansion.” Rep. Helms from District 135…
We’ve written before about the power of click-through advocacy and how simply sending a coordinated email or signing on to a petition can be a …
More than 200,000 Missouri workers are in the “coverage gap,” unable to afford insurance through the Marketplace of the Affordable Care Act and unable to…
What is food insecurity? Many people know that cooking a healthy meal for dinner is better than preparing one that is pre-packaged or processed. For…
42 days to make your voice heard for housing justice. The housing segregation with which we are all living was purposefully designed and codified in…
Just one month remains until the deadline to submit comments opposing the Trump administration’s proposed rule change that would eliminate SNAP benefits for approximately 3.1…
The Missouri General Assembly has a Legislative Session that goes from January to May. During those months, the capitol building in Jefferson City is in…
Today is the fifth anniversary of the murder of Michael Brown. In a moment that brought national attention to Ferguson and Missouri in the worst…
*This article has been edited and expanded since first publication.* In 2018, Missourians overwhelmingly voted to legalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. This…
To my ear, “sequester” is a lovely word. Despite what the dictionary says about its synonyms like segregate, seclude and withdraw or its chemical meaning…