Welcome to the WE project news blog!

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Here you will find links to news articles and podcasts relevant to educating people about the continuing plagues of racism, bigotry and intolerance, in Missouri and around the nation, and to furthering the cause of shining a positive and celebratory light onto people belonging to marginalized communities. 

My first pick is a story in The New York Times magazine:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/magazine/will-they-take-me-too.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fmagazine&action=click&contentCollection=magazine&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=8&pgtype=sectionfront

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