On July 23, 1953, St. Louis'' first integrated public housing, Igoe, accepted its first four white and three black families. Between it and Pruitt, which housed black families, there were 33 ...

Former residents of a low-income, majority-Black housing development in St. Louis, Missouri, are seeking restitution from the US Army over a Cold War-era testing program they say made them ill. Ben ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund. As citizens and activists sound the alarm about radioactive sites ...

Chester Deanes, left, and Ben Phillips hold a photo of the former Pruitt-Igoe housing development in St. Louis, where they lived growing up on Sept. 7, 2023. The Army sprayed a potential carcinogen ...

ST. LOUIS – Elliott Davis, a longtime reporter at FOX 2, just announced his retirement after 45 years on St. Louis television. Known for his “You Paid For It” series on government waste, Davis has ...

Last week I had the privilege of viewing the documentary The Pruitt-Igoe Documentary: an Urban History. Chad Freidrichs’ four-year project masterfully incorporated failed housing policies with the ...

(CNN) — Former residents of a low-income, majority-Black housing development in St. Louis, Missouri, are seeking restitution from the US Army over a Cold War-era testing program they say made them ill ...

ST. LOUIS — Ben Phillips’ childhood memories include basketball games with friends, and neighbors gathering in the summer shade at their St. Louis housing complex. He also remembers watching men in ...

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