Jeannette Cooperman
St. Louis Magazine
St Louis, MO, United States
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This Wash. U. professor helps families in Africa find stability. He’s applying the lessons to St. Louis
Fred Ssewamala has created and runs more than 20 economic-empowerment and public-health programs across Africa. → Read More
The best parks in St. Louis
Are you looking to take a stroll or play with the kids, work up a sweat on a hike or while playing a sport, appreciate art or history, enjoy nature? There's a park for that, as highlighted in this expansive guide of more than 50 metro area parks. → Read More
25 reasons to love St. Louis
Yes, there are countless more, but here are just some of the ways in which the region is continuing to evolve. → Read More
The best St. Louis parks for strolling
If you want to just get out and walk, read on. → Read More
Chapter 4: Steven Jones on life in the 63106 ZIP code during the pandemic
Jones is worried about the vaccine, the attack on the Capitol, the economy, and the next generation. → Read More
Take one of the worst pandemics ever—and add a million scams
Just when people were scared, broke, and vulnerable, the fraudsters moved in. → Read More
Harry Turner skewered St. Louis society and introduced the city to fast cars and Bohemian revelry
What does a city as staid as St. Louis do with a guy like Turner? → Read More
How a North County boy became the first U.S. military officer ever to be convicted of treason
Martin James Monti went off to World War II—and wound up an officer in an elite unit of the Nazis’ Waffen-SS. → Read More
What do you do if your mom forgets, halfway through, what hospice means?
A daughter's journey helping her mother to the end stages of life → Read More
Steven Jones on life in the 63106 ZIP code during the pandemic
The second chapter in Jones’ story, part of a series from Before Ferguson Beyond Ferguson, a nonprofit racial equity project → Read More
Nathaniel Reid on the uncomplicated joys of pastry
Whether drawing inspiration from nature or the City of Light, Nathaniel Reid elevates dessert to new heights. → Read More
St. Louis researchers continue to search for a COVID-19 vaccine
What’s it like to be a medical researcher right now? “It’s wanting to do everything we possibly can yesterday but being frustrated by the fact that things take time,” says one St. Louis physician. → Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic in St. Louis' 63106 ZIP code, where residents are expected to live 18 years less than in 63105
“Eighteen years,” muses Steven Jones. “That’s a lifetime of experience by itself.” → Read More
She grew up Kitty Fink in St. Louis, but Kay Thompson wrote herself into Eloise
We all know the charming 6-year-old tyrant of The Plaza in New York. Less understood is her creator, Thompson. → Read More
St. Louis suffragists played a key role in advocating for the 19th Amendment 100 years ago
The fight took almost half a century. → Read More
How Bobby Norfolk, one of the world’s great storytellers, overcame…well, everything
“He’s a shy guy, a fly on the wall at a party—but when he’s performing, he flips a switch.” → Read More
Cuddle a cow at the Gentle Barn and find a story of mutual redemption
Cow hugging even has a name in the Netherlands—koe knuffelen—and it’s spreading through the United States. → Read More
A divorce lawyer offers the 3 biggest pitfalls in a partnership and how to step around them
After guiding couples through 14,000 divorces and summing it up in her new book, 7 Secrets From the Divorce Whisperer, divorce lawyer Marta Papa knows which arguments are most toxic. But when she does marriage mediation (a growing trend), she refuses to rehash cause or blame. “It all boils down to balancing the power,” she says. “People fight over the same things over and over, and there’s no… → Read More
Life lessons from beloved and respected St. Louisans
Wisdom is not about certitude, or proselytizing, or promoting your brand. It’s about living your life so consciously and conscientiously, it bubbles up insights for the rest of us. → Read More
St. Louis’ new poet laureate wants to take the art form to unexpected places
Jane Ellen Ibur has a list of people she wants to work with: East Indians, Latinos, Bosnians, women in Old North, and the LGBTQ community. → Read More