Author: Don Corrigan

News Analysis: Missouri legislature is Exhibit A for toxic masculinity

In the Missouri Leglislature this year, one legislator talked about “consensual rape.” Another greeted women protesting lax gun laws by putting up on his door a silhouette with bullet holes. A lobbyist angry about his son’s expulsion from Washington University started a dark money fund to weaken protections against sexual predators on campus. The legislature

Mo. newspapers demand legislators follow people’s ‘will’ on initiatives

Newspapers in Missouri and beyond the state’s borders are demanding that politicians obey the “will of the people.” They are upset over Missouri politicians trying to undo measures passed by voters in fall 2018 by wide margins. A piece published in the Jefferson City News Tribune declared: “Each time the Missouri Legislature repeals something directly

Documentary movies draw attention to the atomic city

Dawn Chapman and Karen Nickel of Just MomsSTL said some of the most effective media getting the message out about the fight against radioactive contamination at West Lake — and the sad impact of St. Louis’s atomic legacy — have been film documentaries. “We are thankful to any filmmaker who looks at our history of

TV meteorologists warm to climate change

By Don Corrigan At a time when journalists are accused of reporting “fake news,” including stories about climate change and its effects on weather, some intrepid television meteorologists are stepping up to the cameras to make this connection. They are getting assistance from Climate Matters with a project that provides localized climate information to weather