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Matthew Dowd has stood and served on both sides of the political spectrum, working early in his career for Democrats including Mis...

After eight nonfiction books including the 1982 best-seller Blue Highways, William Least Heat-Moon has turned at age 77 t...

The latter half of the 20th century saw a boom in the construction of arenas as cities recognized the value of multipurpose venues. That included K...

Yaa Gyasi’s emotionally powerful Homegoing continues to resound a little more than a year after its publ...

In a discussion of one of the year’s most heralded books, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, author Davi...

Who’s the man behind the mirth (and indelible stage name) of Mr. Stinky Feet? Beloved family entertainer and parenting columni...

Trade between the U.S. and China began in 1794 and the two future superpowers saw their first military engagement several decades later, when American...

The Kansas City Baroque Consortium has been one of the city’s cultural jewels since 2009, specializing in the performance of early...

Kansas City knows both the pain of a failing education system and promise of renewal as its public schools system anticipates full state accreditat...

Education reform comes fraught with questions. How do we distinguish between exciting, new ideas and costly, ineffective fads? Where can policymakers...