Whats Up Magazine


Past Features

 

Features  ______________________________________

The Guilty Conscience (of St. Louis) by Jay Swoboda

Reverend Larry Rice has proposed an ambitious plan for a piece of surplus federal property in downtown St. Louis. With opposition coming from all sides for his pending application, the reverend hasn't budged and doesn't plan to.

Stopping the Violence  by Chris Trani   

While seeking to be the voice of the voiceless for the poor and impoverished in St. Louis, it is equally important to understand the silent voices of the women who are a part of a growing tragedy of violence just south of our border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

72 Hours in Tibet  by Amber Isak

Mark Twain once wrote, "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.”

 I-55 Confessions by Dominic Robinson     

I moved to Chicago in the summer, when the city was on its best behavior. The weather was warm, sidewalks were stirring, and the beaches were bustling...Chicago was an easy place to fall in love with back in August, but like the best first dates, this city has turned out to be different than it seemed.

A Place in the Sun by Robert E. Lipscomb

At their peak of proliferation, it is estimated that nearly sixty rooming houses thrived in the area with hundreds scattered elsewhere throughout the city. Lipscomb investigates the disappearance of the Single Room Occupancy Hotels and the few that struggle to exist.

Regulars  ______________________________________

ARTS & AWARENESS                                                                Roundup of Whats Up over the next two months in and around St. Louis' arts and awareness scene

STREET SOURCES                                                                        

A Resource Guide to Housing and Homeless Services in the St. Louis Region

LABOR ALERT                                                                    

A Regular Perspective of issues affecting workers here in St .Louis and worldwide

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