e Lede

News Dump

Shoehorning everything we want to tell you into this paper is easier some weeks than others. This was one of the hard weeks. The last seven days have been a blur. Cori Bush’s historic victory over seemingly unbeatable U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay was the obvious choice for the cover, but you should definitely read Ray Hartmann on the decision of white Democrats in the state Senate to support Gov. Mike Parson’s election-year stunt of a crime bill — even as every Black senator voted against it. (We’ve got more coverage online of Parson’s latest attempt to undermine St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner.) And then there’s Daniel Hill on the bombshell accusations at St. Louis Public Radio, where reporters and producers of color say discrimination is part of the culture. There’s plenty more inside. As always, thanks for picking up the RFT. — Doyle Murphy, editor in chief

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER The Audacity of Tenacity Cori Bush’s road to the U.S. Congress

Cover photograph by THEO WELLING

INSIDE

e Lede 5 Hartmann 7 News 8 Feature: Cori Bush 10 Feature: e House of Miles 15 Short Orders 17 Culture 19 Savage Love 21

CAN’T STOP WON’T STOP EDITION

Publisher Chris Keating Editor in Chief Doyle Murphy

EDITORIAL Digital Editor Jaime Lees Hero In A Hot Dog Suit Daniel Hill Contributors Trenton Almgren-Davis, Cheryl Baehr, Eric Berger, Jeannette Cooperman, Thomas Crone, Mike Fitzgerald, Judy Lucas, Noah MacMillan, Andy Paulissen, Justin Poole, Christian Schaeffer, Chris Ward, Theo Welling, Danny Wicentowski, Nyara Williams, Ymani Wince Columnist Ray Hartmann

ART & PRODUCTION Art Director Evan Sult Editorial Layout Haimanti Germain Production Manager Haimanti Germain

MULTIMEDIA ADVERTISING Advertising Director Colin Bell Senior Account Executive Cathleen Criswell Account Managers Emily Fear, Jennifer Samuel Multimedia Account Executive Jackie Mundy

CIRCULATION Circulation Manager Kevin G. Powers

EUCLID MEDIA GROUP Chief Executive Officer Andrew Zelman Chief Operating Officers Chris Keating, Michael Wagner VP of Digital Services Stacy Volhein www.euclidmediagroup.com

NATIONAL ADVERTISING VMG Advertising 1-888-278-9866, vmgadvertising.com

SUBSCRIPTIONS Send address changes to Riverfront Times, 308 N. 21st Street, Suite 300, St. Louis, MO 63103. Domestic subscriptions may be purchased for $78/6 months (MO add $4.74 sales tax) and $156/year (MO add $9.48 sales tax) for first class. Allow 6-10 days for standard delivery. www.riverfronttimes.com

The Riverfront Times is published weekly by Euclid Media Group | Verified Audit Member

Riverfront Times 308 N. 21st Street, Suite 300, St. Louis, MO 63103 www.riverfronttimes.com

General information: 314-754-5966

Founded by Ray Hartmann in 1977

Riverfront Times is available free of charge, limited to one copy per reader. Additional copies of the current issue may be purchased for $1.00 plus postage, payable in advance at the Riverfront Times office. Riverfront Times may be distributed only by Riverfront Times authorized distributors. No person may, without prior written permission of Riverfront Times, take more than one copy of each Riverfront Times weekly issue. The entire contents of Riverfront Times are copyright 2020 by Riverfront Times, LLC. No portion may be reproduced in whole or in part by any means, including electronic retrieval systems, without the expressed written permission of the Publisher, Riverfront Times, 308 N. 21st Street, Suite 300, St. Louis, MO 63103. Please call the Riverfront Times office for back-issue information, 314-754-5966.