About the st. louis observer
About The St. Louis Observer
Our History
We are named for the St. Louis Observer, founded in 1827 by abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy. In the tradition of the original Observer, we are a newsletter committed to expanding and investing in coverage of the fight for police reform & prison abolition in St. Louis, MO.
Walter Johnson recounts the Observer’s history in his “The Broken Heart of America:”
“The lynching of Francis McIntosh transfixed the nation.