The playground bullies had cornered a target, a little girl about 5 years old. Chris Cotten remembered running across the park, demanding an explanation. “Oh, we’re just picking on this Indian,” was the reply. That Indian, the one with skin darker than his own, was Cotten’s younger sister. “We’re adopted, and I’m part Indian too,”…
A Taxing Time Dig out your W2s. It’s Tax Day on Tuesday. You have until midnight tomorrow to submit your returns to the IRS. It may be news to many of us. One in four Americans have yet to file. According to a new Turbo Tax survey, more than half of 18-24-year-olds don’t even know…
This story was originally published by The Beacon, an online news outlet focused on local, in-depth journalism in the public interest. Evenezer Cortez Martinez is back on U.S. soil, landing in Kansas City Tuesday afternoon after being deported. The DACA recipient and Kansas father of three feared that he wouldn’t be able to return from…
On behalf of the editorial leadership within the Kansas City Media Collective, alongside The Kansas City Star, we are sharing an open letter addressed to Mayor Quinton Lucas and the city council of Kansas City in response to the recent termination of City Manager Brian Platt and the ongoing process of appointing new leadership for this…
Local Election Day is Tuesday Tuesday is local Election Day, and there are a lot of issues on the Missouri side of the state line. Voters are being asked to approve a new Kansas City jail. And Kansas City Public Schools wants voters to say yes to more than $400 million in building and classroom…
USDA Rural Development is Washington’s chief tool to promote economic growth in rural counties — providing funding for everything from renovating old hospitals to providing faster internet service. Sometimes the agency sweeps in to clean up an urgent mess. For instance, last year in Dunklin County, in Missouri’s Bootheel, a sewer system failure sent raw…
Let’s begin with two stories about the growing and important field of bioethics. The first is from Ryan Pferdehirt, the newly named Flanigan Chair in Bioethics at the Kansas City-based Center for Practical Bioethics. A hospital once asked him to consult on a bioethics case in which a son thought his desperately ill, hospitalized mother…
Whether ordering an omelet, French toast, chicken n’ biscuits, chilaquiles, corned beef hash or eggs Benedict, eggs play a starring role at The Farmhouse. “When you’re a brunch and breakfast place, eggs are everything,” said Vince Paredes, executive chef and co-owner of the award-winning farm-to-table brunch venue in the River Market. “We bake with eggs.…
Opening Day at the K Baseball is back… Thursday is Opening Day at the K. Is it too early to think World Series? The Royals take on the Cleveland Guardians at 3.10 p.m. Let the Voting Begin Early in-person voting begins Tuesday, ahead of April local elections across the metro. In Kansas City, voters are…
People experiencing homelessness in Kansas City often find refuge in public libraries when shelter options are limited during the day. However, metro-area library systems also provide assistance that goes beyond temporary protection from the weather. In fact, the Kansas City Public Library has built an entire department around helping the city’s unhoused, providing a range…