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The University of Missouri – roiled in the past year by racial tensions and protests – was central to a key U.S. Supreme Court ruling on desegregat...

Hispanics and Latinos make up an increasing share of Kansas City’s population – an estimated 10% in 2015 – mirroring a nationwide trend. A panel of...

It wasn’t only the length of the sentence that disturbed Carine Mardorossian when a judge in June handed a former Stanford Univers...

Harmony Project KC, an affiliate of the acclaimed, music-based, youth development program targeting students in underserved areas...

There is no shortage of pundits who are eager to tell Americans why one candidate for president has all the answers and another would be a disaster...

The Midwest’s Latino population has risen rapidly in the past 20 years, both in urban and rural areas. As elsewhere in the country, the shift in de...

In 1966 – three years before New York’s Stonewall riots – Kansas City was the scene of the first national gathering of gay rights groups. From that...

Professional photographer and local historian Bruce Mathews and Steve Noll, executive director of the Jackson County...

On the journey through dementia, moments of connection are priceless. In a discussion of her new book Connecting in the Land of Dementia:...

Begin your First Friday outing at the Central Library, enjoying a pair of compelling exhibits in its gleaming galleries, refreshments, family activ...