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Today’s hyper-political sensitivity to U.S. Supreme Court appointments traces back to the only president elected from Missouri. Harry Truman revolu...
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Tim Fielder is among the artists placing new emphasis on Afrofuturism in comic books and graphic novels, laying out historical timeline...
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Like most industries of the era, television in the 1940s and ‘50s was largely a male monopoly. Four visionary women nonetheless began carving out s...
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Pay attention, scientists say. The deadly winter storm that pummeled Texas last month is the latest warning on the impact of climate change. ...
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Alvin Brooks’ mark on civil rights history in Kansas City – on the city’s history in total – is indelible. Born into povert...
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They came from different neighborhoods and ran with rival gangs on Chicago’s West Side. Improbably, the group of young men found promise and common...
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Days before Christmas, on its website and across more 10 pages of its Sunday print edition, The Kansas City Star laid out a rema...
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We could use a little “What, me worry?” right now, don’t you think?
That cheeky motto, attributed to freckled, gap-toothed mascot A...
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Bill Tammeus and his family have borne a deep personal loss since the terrorists’ attacks of September 11, 2001. His nephew, a bond ana...
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Think you know your hometown?
You might be steeped in Kansas City’s cowtown heritage, but how about the finer details – like the a...