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Gender-Affirming Care in Kansas City

Transgender rights continue to dominate headlines as legislatures across the country push restrictive laws. Those most directly affected by these measures must look at how they will access gender-affirming care, who will legally provide it and where they can find sanctuary. This month, “Flatland In Focus” examines these issues with members of the trans community…

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Youth With Disabilities and the Resource Gap

While funded programs in Missouri exist to guide youth with disabilities entering young adulthood, families still struggle to find what they need because of barriers such as time, income and paperwork. Kansas City parents say programs are hard to find and systems are confusing. In this episode, families and disability experts outline challenges they face…

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One Percent For Art in KC

The new Kansas City International Airport terminal houses the largest collection of public art in the history of the city’s One Percent for Art program.

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Passing the Baton

This episode of Flatland in Focus features guests from the Kansas City PBS program Passing the Baton, a series of conversations between prominent civil rights leaders in Kansas City and the next generation of trailblazing local leaders. Passing the Baton is new digital series from Sandy Woodson (Womontown, AIDS in KC), brings together prominent civil…

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Immigrant Labor

Many jobs in our area are performed by folks who have immigrated to the US, but the complexities of our immigration system can make this labor easy to exploit. This month, the Flatland team looks at industries that survive on immigrant labor and what systemic barriers affect these workers.

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2022 Year in Review

This special episode of Flatland invites our reporting team to the table to provide updates to some of the stories our series has covered over the last year including recreational marijuana, homelessness, healthcare workers and reproductive rights.

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Equity and HIV Treatment

In collaboration with filmmaker Sandy Woodson’s documentary AIDS in KC, Flatland takes a look at the healthcare inequities that continue to impact those living with HIV in our community.

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Flatland on KCPBS | Activism in KC

The current tumultuous nature of US politics has left many wondering – how is democracy working nowadays? The Flatland team takes this question to those growing up in a time of polarizing politics and pressing existential issues to find out how they are seeking to best affect change in their world.

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Missouri Ballot Initiative

What’s the best way to participate in our democracy? The Flatland team explores one of the unique ways Missouri citizens are able to make direct changes to the state constitution known as the ballot initiative. We take a look at the pros and cons of the process that’s intended to get the public’s concerns on…

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Marijuana Beneficiaries

Flatland looks at who currently benefits most from the emerging legal medical marijuana industry.

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