Alvin A. Reid

In its ongoing mission to increase equitable healthcare access throughout the region, Affinia Healthcare established its Healthcare Family Medicine Residency Program in June 2025. On March 20, 2026, Affinia announced its inaugural class for the residency program, with residents from across the country. Coming to serve the St. Louis community at Affinia’s Ferguson Health Center […]

Helping current owners stay in their homes is key to increasing Black homeownership in the St. Louis region. Midwest BankCentre and the Rising Together Foundation have launched an affordable home repair initiative backed by an $865,000 grant from the James S. McDonnell Foundation. The program is designed to help homeowners pay for major repairs without […]

While it is not logical mathematically, there is something to be said for “addition by subtraction.” Jordan Walker is making that case during the first month of the Major League Baseball season, and the St. Louis Cardinals are benefiting. After belting his eighth home run in a 9-3 loss to the Cleveland Indians on Monday […]

Major League Baseball is close to having its first Puerto Rican and Black woman owners of a franchise, according to Wall Street Journal report. If a proposed $3.9 billion purchase offer for the San Diego Padres is accepted by the current owners, and then approved by MLB, Jose Feliciano would be the first Puerto Rican […]

With the World Cup nearing its June kickoff, the United States still lacks a strong Black presence on high school and college soccer teams. In a sport dominated by Black and brown players internationally, America’s Olympic and World Cup teams remain overwhelmingly white. I am hesitant to call American soccer “elitist,” but the nation’s best […]

Had St. Louis landed an NBA franchise during his lifetime, Ray Hartmann, who died in a car accident last week, would have covered the team like a blanket. As he did with the Riverfront Times in the late 1970s, Hartmann likely would have created his own publication. He would have been its reporter, columnist, statistician […]

I find it difficult to celebrate the statistics I’m about to share with you. But Major League Baseball seems ready to throw a party. According to MLB’s breakdown, 6.8% of players on Opening Day rosters were Black. That’s less than two players per team on average, and it includes players on the injured list. On […]

May means everything in the world of IndyCar racing, with the Indianapolis 500 capping a month of testing and preparation. The month is critical for INDY NXT drivers as well, including 25-year-old Black driver Myles Rowe. Rowe had an up-and-down performance during the two Grand Prix of Indianapolis races last weekend at the historic track. […]

It is a bit earlier than Memorial Day, the date I first judge the St. Louis Cardinals or any Major League Baseball team on outlook for the season, but let’s give it a shot. The Cardinals are legitimate. As of Monday, the team was eight games over .500 and trailed the first-place Chicago Cubs by […]

Sports, from youth leagues, to recreational, to college, to pro are ways to escape the political and social turmoil that grips our nation. Team A against Team B should have a path clear of Black against white, red against blue, them against us. But the rules governing this game have changed. The national NAACP, with […]