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Cameron Lamb Case Stirs Emotions of Those Who Have Lost Loved Ones in Police Shootings
Families that have lost loved ones in police shootings have been both encouraged and retraumatized by the recent Cameron Lamb case.
Students Want to Learn ‘History As It Is, As it Was’
Increasingly, K-12 classrooms have become hotbeds for debate about what should or should not be taught, especially when it centers around race and history. Students and educators share their thoughts.
Critical Race Theory: War of Words, and Curriculums
Suburban school districts are grappling with how to teach race in education, becoming ground zero in an increasingly politicized fight over critical race theory and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Once-Segregated Cemetery Gets Memorial for Hundreds of People in Unmarked Graves
The Liberty African American Legacy Memorial seeks to memorialize 758 people interred – most of them in unmarked graves – in the once-segregated section of what is now Fairview and New Hope Cemetery in Liberty.
Local Lynching Memorial Perseveres Despite Backlash
The Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City is collaborating with the Equal Justice Initiative to collect jars of soil from the site of every lynching in Missouri.
Emergency Calls: What Do Kansas Citians Ask of Police?
A new program at the Kansas City Police Department is capturing more granular data about how often residents summon officers, and why.
Nick’s Picks | Pondering Reparations, Toll Lanes, Medicaid and Summer Fun
The news outlook for the week ahead in Kansas City.
‘Defund the Police’ was Designed to Provoke a Response. In Missouri, it Worked
Republican lawmakers have responded with outrage to moves in Kansas City and St. Louis to reshuffle police funding.
How Many Police Does It Take To Protect and Serve Kansas City?
The proper number and deployment of police officers needed to protect and service the community lies at the heart of the legal and budget fight involving the Kansas City Police Department.
Tracing Kansas City’s Ties to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre sent ripples that could be felt in Kansas City. Flatland explores the sometimes surprising local links to arguably the most serious, yet little known, race crime in U.S. history.