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Close April 20, 2021; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Crowds at Hennepin Government Center after Derek Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. Floyd died on May 25, 2020 while in police custody. A video showing Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd's neck sparked world wide protests against police brutality.. Mandatory Credit: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY Jack Gruber BY JORDAN PALMER

Mazel tov! The whole shtetl buzzed with the news. Chanka, the butcher’s daughter, was engaged to Yankel, the carpenter’s son.  It was a local match, so the whole town got involved in the wedding preparations. A week before the wedding, Chanka could be found sewing the last few stitches on he…

After the Washington Nationals won the World Series in 2019, Abby Prywitch and her fellow student journalists at Parkway Central High School brainstormed an idea about an alum they would like to interview: Max Scherzer, a star pitcher on the Nationals. “Right away, I knew that I really wanted to do that story, so I volunteered for it,” said Pyrwitch, who is Jewish and serves as editor-in-chief of Corral, the school’s newspaper. But it would not be an easy assignment.  Her persistence in reporting on Scherzer and a number of other well-written stories recently earned Prywitc...

Sophie Bernstein Sisters Simone, 29, and Sophie Bernstein, 21, along with brother, Jake, 27, grew up in Clayton attending Congregation Shaare Emeth. For more than a decade, the siblings have been at the helm of some cool, innovative projects. Simone and Jake, for instance, founded VolunTEEN Nation in 2009,  a nonprofit that links teens and tweens to organizations seeking volunteers. Three years later, they took the organization national. At age 15, Sophie created Go Healthy St. Louis, which brings fresh, healthy produce from community gardens to area food banks. She was one of 15 teenag...

If the pandemic has shined a light on anything, it is the disparity of resources available to poor communities, especially when it comes to education. Poverty and illiteracy go hand-in-hand,