Tamara Turner, a single mother and businesswoman, went from working 3 jobs and going to school full-time to support her dreams, to owning a multi-million-dollar dessert and food service business. In 2017, after grinding through school, multiple jobs, she knew the time was right to take the entrepreneurial leap She founded her company Silver Spoon Desserts, a premium dessert manufacturer...

The region in St. Louis, MO called the Delmar Divide refers to an area north of Delmar Boulevard, a physical and psychological dividing line which reveals distinct socioeconomic, cultural, and public policy differences between the haves and the have-nots in the region. Over several decades, policies and practices of disinvestment, suburban migration, racial covenants, and redlining devastated the...

Women represent a small percentage of the construction industry, making up around 10.9 percent of the construction workforce in 2020, according to the United States (U.S.) Bureau of Labor Statistics. Traditionally seen as a male dominated field, women and nonbinary individuals in construction face several challenges, including gender discrimination, lack of representation, limited advancement...