It was inevitable that the bawdy, alcohol-infused culture of 19th-century Kansas City would draw the ire of social reformers and prohibi...

The sweeping story of the private investment firm Brown Brothers Harriman is a window into the rise of American capitalism and our country’s subseq...

There are more than 90,000 people on the kidney transplant list in the United States. Every day, 13 of them die waiting for a call. We need more li...

In a special online presentation marking the wider reopening of the Kansas City Public Library’s physical spaces and services on June 1, renowned auth...

Even among the iconic frontiersmen of the American West, Jim Bridger stands out as larger than life.  Born in 1804 and orphaned at 1...

Today’s hyper-political sensitivity to U.S. Supreme Court appointments traces back to the only president elected from Missouri. Harry Truman revolu...

Tim Fielder is among the artists placing new emphasis on Afrofuturism in comic books and graphic novels, laying out historical timeline...

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...

Pay attention, scientists say. The deadly winter storm that pummeled Texas last month is the latest warning on the impact of climate change.  ...

Alvin Brooks’ mark on civil rights history in Kansas City – on the city’s history in total – is indelible. Born into povert...