Andrea Y. Henderson
Andrea Henderson joined St. Louis Public Radio in March 2019, where she covers race, identity and culture as part of the public radio collaborative Sharing America. Andrea comes to St. Louis Public Radio from NPR, where she reported for the race and culture podcast Code Switch and produced pieces for All Things Considered. Andrea’s passion for storytelling began at a weekly newspaper in her hometown of Houston, Texas, where she covered a wide variety of stories including hurricanes, transportation and Barack Obama’s 2009 Presidential Inauguration. Her art appreciation allowed her to cover arts and culture for the Houston African-American business publication, Empower Magazine. She also covered the arts for Syracuse’s Post-Standard and The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina.
Andrea graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and earned her master’s degree in arts journalism from Syracuse University. For three years, she served on the board of the Houston Alliance of Fashion and Beauty as the media chair, and she is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. When the proud Houstonian is not chasing a story, she enjoys catching up on her shows, getting lost in museums and swimming in tropical waters.
Follow her journey through St. Louis via Twitter and Instagram at @drebjournalist.
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Alex Garcia, the Honduran immigrant who sought sanctuary in a Maplewood church nearly 3½ years ago, will return home today.
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U.S. Rep. Cori Bush introduced legislation that would grant permanent residency to Alex Garcia, an unauthorized immigrant who has lived in a Maplewood church since 2017.
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Today, Black artists are describing the trauma of police brutality, the agony of seeing friends suffer violent deaths and the pain of losing loved ones to COVID-19. Black artists in the St. Louis region will showcase works that connect grief and joy in a virtual exhibit from the Griot Museum of Black History on Saturday.
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A nonbinding referendum on closing the north St. Louis jail known as the Workhouse will not be on the April ballot after Mayor Lyda Krewson failed to take action in time.
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St. Louis County extends its curfew on restaurants, bars and banquet centers to 11 p.m. beginning Monday.
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Immigration advocates in the St. Louis region want Congress to act swiftly to overhaul the nation’s immigration system to protect people like Alex Garcia, who has been living in sanctuary in a Maplewood church, from deportation.
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Mayor Lyda Krewson vetoed an effort to undo a planned reduction of wards from 28 to 14. Opponents of the cut do not have time to attempt an override.
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Black doctors in the St. Louis region are trying to debunk false information by talking about the vaccine with their African American patients and to Black organizations. Doctors fear that if not enough Black people take the vaccine, their communities will continue to suffer with more hospitalizations and deaths.
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Black pastors in the St. Louis region are worried that some members of their congregations will not get the coronavirus vaccine because they are wary of it. Some preachers are using their online services and social media channels to encourage members to take the vaccine.
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Black St. Louisans are appalled at what they saw at the U.S. Capitol last week, when a largely white mob forced its way past police to try to stop Congress from certifying the election of President-elect Joe Biden. They couldn't miss how police officers did not aggressively counter white rioters and how that contrasted with how officers treat Black people at demonstrations for Black lives.