Racial Disparities Black residents of metropolitan St. Louis comprise 18.1 percent of the population yet 85.9 percent of the people living in concentrated poverty are black. Almost one third of black St….
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May 2, 2016
The St. Louis metropolitan area is experiencing a marked increase in 65-and-older residents, with portions of the region experiencing a more dramatic increase than others. St. Charles County saw a…
April 25, 2016
St. Louis, like the rest of the world, is getting older by the minute. Aging always has been the result of staying alive, yet in an overall societal sense, increased…
January 8, 2016
The global economy is no longer some vague concept on the horizon. It is as real as Americans buying jeans made in Mexico, running shoes from Viet Nam, and televisions,…
May 21, 2015
By Mary Lazare, Vice President of Home and Community Based Services, Lutheran Senior Services Where We Stand Preview blog posts represent the opinion of the author and do not represent…