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Harry S. Truman was scarcely prepared to assume the presidency upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in April 1945. He’d been vice president for...

It has been 10 months since the confetti fluttered in south Florida’s Hard Rock Stadium, since the Kansas City Chiefs ended their fitful, half-cent...

What is Kansas City’s master plan for the next 20 years? The city’s three principal planning officers, Jeffrey Williams, Diane Binckley, and Kyle Elli...

For all of our divisions – underscored in the loud and contentious run-up to Election Day two weeks ago – we draw unity in America from sharing the...

Princeton historian and author Nell Painter gave up a decorated, 30-year career in academia to pursue a lifelong love of art, emergin...

Which Kansas City school is best for your child? What are the offerings? The differences? This year’s City School Fair g...

Drawing from his penetrating new book Know Your Price, the Brookings Institution’s Andre Perry joins...

When Jonathan Scott, the eco-conscious co-star of HGTV’s popular Property Brothers, added solar panels to his Las Vegas h...

Five days before Americans go to the polls, two leading writers/journalists with both local and national perspective – best-selling author and...

Les Payne’s new biography of Malcolm X already has made waves, revealing a clandestine meeting between the incendiary civil rights activist and an...