People & Places
8 Kansas City Chefs Share What Latinidad Means to Them
Kansas City’s world of food is vast. We dive into the world of Hispanic and Latinx food makers in the metro, highlighting a few of the city’s restaurants, food trucks and specialty food vendors as we wrap Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month.
Kansas City’s Place in Chicano History
On Sept. 16, 1969, students mobilized a Chicano walkout at Kansas City’s West High School. Self-made periodicals, newsletters and newspapers were integral to getting the movement going.
KC Author’s ‘I Am Every Good Thing’ Highlights the Beauty of Black Boyhood
Derrick Barnes, the author of “I Am Every Good Thing,” spoke with Flatland about his latest work and to share a message to his hometown.
‘That’s Synchronicity!’
A 69-year-old Overland Park resident celebrated his birthday by biking 69 miles to his alma mater, Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas.
KC Families Share How Ramadan Changed This Year
In this special project, three households in the Kansas City area share, in their own voices, what they have been doing to observe the month-long practice of prayer, fasting and community while at home.
Episode 1: Realizing You’ve Been to Joe Exotic’s Zoo
Kansas City’s Kailee Karr was watching Netflix’s “Tiger King” like the rest of us — until it looked all too familiar.
Age of Coronavirus: A Wistful Drone of Bagpipes Echoes in Brookside
John Tootle is using his skills as a bagpiper to raise the spirits of housebound families in the age of coronavirus.
Age of Coronavirus: ‘Food is Comfort’
Ladybird Diner in Lawrence, Kansas is providing free brown bag lunches in amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Say Their Names
Kansas Citians who work with or identify as transgender share some common misconceptions about the transgender community.
Age of Coronavirus: Quarantine Diary
The COVID-19 outbreak has inspired an uptick in overt xenophobia.