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Books & Authors
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While accounts of Jewish resistance during World War II tend to focus on armed uprisings in ghettos and guerilla warfare and sabotage in the forest...
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Writers for Readers, annually one of Kansas City’s premier literary events, returns vitrually with a special lineup featuring celebrated author P...
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Drawing from her bestselling book The Sum of Us, strategist and political commentator Heather McGhee examin...
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Rep. Sharice Davis, in her second precedent-setting term in the U.S. House from Kansas’ 3rd District, discusses her new picture-book...
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“Everything can’t be the most important thing.” Using her own stories, KSHB-TV evening anchor Dia Wall imparts this and many other...
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Award-winning author and social justice scholar Dr. Monique W. Morris joins Kansas City Public Schools’ Dr. Lateshia Woodley...
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Alarmed by the racial and socioeconomic barriers inherent in education and the profound impact on Black children and communities of color, ...
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Many new states entered the United States around 200 years ago, but only Missouri almost killed the nation it was trying to join.
When the Hous...
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Inger Burnett-Zeigler counts herself among the many today who wear the badge of strong Black woman with honor. All too often, the estee...
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The COVID-19 pandemic uncovered a simple truth about our buying habits: We’re capable of reining in our vanity and impulse shopping, our compulsion...