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The November general election will seat a Congress facing critical economic challenges. But analysts disagree on the role of government in the econ...

From Kansas City’s signature Country Club Plaza to pristine shopping districts and neighborhoods across the country, J.C. Nichols’ imprint on the Amer...

An estimated 225,000 adults in Kansas City function at the lowest literacy level, denied some of the simplest and most important moments in life be...

The year 2012 was a watershed for the Hollywood movie industry, producing the likes of Silver Linings Playbook, Les Misérables,...

Forests produce lumber, shelter a dazzling variety of plant and animal life, and serve as our planet’s lungs, cleansing the atmosphere of carbon dioxi...

The Kansas City Public Library and Cultural Crossroads will mark the opening of a new collection – The Hu...

On this date 99 years and 364 days ago, the Panama Canal opened and revolutionized maritime trade. It also threw the Panama Railroad and its...

The Kansas City Opera Institute is settling into a second season of classes, workshops, and productions designed to prepare and sh...

Thrust into the nation’s highest office following Richard Nixon’s resignation, Gerald R. Ford faced the impossible task of achieving much in little...

Progressive Henry Wallace ran for president in 1948 on a platform that advocated an end to the Cold War (he thought domestic fascism was more dange...