Carolina Hidalgo
St. Louis Public Radio
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2019: A Year In Photos From
St. Louis Public Radio journalists were there for the biggest stories of 2019. Whether it was St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger's fall from power → Read More
As St. Louis Tries To Reform Bail System, Advocates Warn About Increase In Ankle Monitoring
Before he got another chance at freedom, Tyrone Henley spent six weeks in jail, unable to afford his $25,000 cash bail. But last week, Henley and dozens of → Read More
With Ferguson City Council Seat, Activist Fran Griffin Hopes To 'Move Ferguson Forward'
Exactly one month after a Ferguson police officer killed Michael Brown about a mile from her home, Fran Griffin attended her first city council meeting. → Read More
St. Louis Activists Help Build Protest Movement For Immigrant Rights In Southwest Texas
St. Louisan Elizabeth Vega loads up rental van with screen printing materials, Sharpie markers, and a box of flowers. She’s packing for a protest more than → Read More
Court Reform Advocates Question Use Of Pretrial Ankle Monitoring in St. Louis
Criminal-justice reform advocates and public defenders are calling on the St. Louis circuit court to reduce its use of monitoring systems that require → Read More
A look back: Our favorite photos from 2018
2018 was a year filled with memorable news events in the St. Louis region, including the indictment and resignation of Gov. Eric Greitens, a student-led → Read More
The Bail Project strives for cash bail to be 'the exception, not the rule' in St. Louis
The first time Michael Milton helped buy somebody’s freedom, he didn’t expect it would be so simple. He filed some paperwork, handed over cash and waited. → Read More
Activists launch campaign to close the Workhouse, reduce St. Louis jail population
Activists will rally Wednesday outside the City Justice Center of St. Louis to launch an effort to shut down the city's Medium Security Institution, → Read More
‘Herre’ and ‘thurr’: how St. Louisans celebrate identity and accents on 314 Day
Kelsey Thomas celebrates 314 Day the way many St. Louisans do: she puts on a Cardinals shirt and orders some Imo’s Pizza. If she’s feeling nostalgic, she → Read More
These seventh graders are helping teachers learn all about microaggressions
When Anjali Adhikari and Niah Ester teamed up for a class project last summer, they had one goal – to teach educators at Northeast Middle School all about → Read More
Facing deportation, a father takes sanctuary in a Maplewood church
When the letter from immigration officials came in the mail in September, Carly Garcia knew her life was about to change. Panicked, she opened the envelope → Read More
Area civil rights activists focus on the future as they mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Almost 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, the key focus of area civil rights leaders is to keep the national leader’s legacy — and message — → Read More
A Look Back: Our favorite photos from 2017
St. Louis Public Radio photojournalist Carolina Hidalgo shares her favorite photos from 2017: In September of this year, a judge found former St. Louis → Read More
'Lo siento mucho': Trump's focus on deportations forces St. Louis father to say goodbye
Jose Garcia and his partner, Ana Ortiz, shuffled quietly into the warmth of a packed Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Ferguson. Their older → Read More
As heat rises, protesters demand action, face off with police at St. Louis jail
Updated July 22 at 12:00 a.m. with details from protest — More than 150 people gathered on Friday evening outside of St. Louis' Medium Security Institution → Read More
“I just got lucky.” A north St. Louis teen reflects on 11 years in the desegregation program
Since second grade, Mya Petty has taken an hour-long bus ride from Baden, her mostly-black north St. Louis neighborhood, to Chesterfield – where most of → Read More
A Look Back: Our favorite photos from 2016
This year 2016 was eventful for both St. Louis and for St. Louis Public Radio. We hired our first photojournalist, Carolina Hidalgo, just over a year ago, → Read More
Local NAACP to host town hall after Ladue students walk out over racist incidents
Updated Nov. 21 with town hall meeting information — Ladue School District officials are "hopeful" after a meeting Friday with members of the St. Louis → Read More
After racist incidents, Ladue High School students walk out
More than 150 students from Ladue Horton Watkins High School marched to the district’s offices Wednesday afternoon to demand a stronger response to recent → Read More
Father of kidnapped Ayotzinapa 43 student speaks at Saint Louis University
Mario González Contreras doesn’t like speaking at universities. The students who fill the lecture halls and seminar rooms are about the same age as his son → Read More