About Tom R. Arterburn

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Tom R. Arterburn is an award-winning independent journalist with over 20 years of experience. His work has appeared in multiple major media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Super Lawyers, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis Magazine, Riverfront Times, St. Louis Journalism Review, and multiple national magazines, such as the American Bar Association’s Student Lawyer magazine, the American Library Association’s American Libraries magazine, and Moxie magazine. He has also written for numerous trade magazines, such as Police, Law and Order, Emergency, and Police and Security News.

Articles written by Tom R. Arterburn

The Nicest Bulldog in Town

Mark Bryant began advocating for his family in high school; now he’s the president of Freedom, Inc.

Mark Bryant grew up in Kansas City’s urban core in the 1950s, when opportunities for young African-American men were hard to come by, and where keeping bullies from taking one’s lunch money at D.A. Holmes Elementary School was a daily challenge. It made him tough, though. So you can needle him about his current fast-lane lifestyle, his hefty paychecks, his posh uptown office, his ultra-lucrative real estate deals, and all you’ll get in response is a charismatic grin. Take the …

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