We are at work on a racial equity project. Click on the link to download the first chapter highlighting the challenges St. Louis families have faced over many generations in getting a quality education and securing their purchase on the American Dream. This story and others to follow from a team of reporters, photographers and presentation specialists grew from my work with Forward Through Ferguson, an organization formed in the wake of social unrest and with the goal of achieving racial equity in our region. I have moved on from FTF but continue to believe in using stories as catalysts for change.

These stories are meant to shine a light, engage the mind, touch the heart and serve as a call to action.

We start with the Caldwell family. We will tell of experiences like theirs not just in print but in other dynamic ways. We�ll take our stories and the family members involved into homes, community centers and places of worship. We will promote the concept of #onethingyoucando so that after engaging with our stories, our new friends can begin their own social justice work.

We are identifying sponsors who will help us convene meetings and donors who will financially support the effort. Please join us.

-- Dick Weiss, weisswrite@gmail.com

The Tiger scandal has the sports media formng a circular firing squad. Read Jason Whitlock's take, then click the link in his story to read Charlie Pierce's story with another point of view.

Click the link above to read the story.

Click here to see the complete collection of Best Stories You've nEver Read.

-- Dick Weiss

In this magazine excerpt from The Walrus, journalist Alex Hutchinson advances the theory that the GPS may be harming our cognitive abilities. 

Click the link above to read the story.

Click here to see the complete collection of Best Stories You've nEver Read.

-- Dick Weiss

The retired tennis star invites us to share his demons. Raw and authentic. Agassi collaborated  with Pulitzer Prize winner  and former LA Times reporter J.R. Moehringer on the book.Sports Illustrated provides an excerpt.

Click the link above to read the story.

Click here to see the complete collection of Best Stories You've nEver Read.

-- Dick Weiss