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Racial Justice

In Kansas City, Restaurant Revitalization Funds Flowed to Whiter, More Affluent Areas

By | August 18, 2021 | 0
Nika Cotton makes a drink at Soulcentricitea, which she opened on Troost Ave. last July. Cotton applied for a grant from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, but did not receive any money.

Local businesses received a total of $53 million from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. But few of those dollars flowed east of Troost.

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Racism at the Root of Kansas City Health Disparities, New Plan Concludes

By | June 22, 2021 | 0
Person receiving an injection.

Kansas City’s new Community Health Improvement Plan is focusing more attention on the connection between racism and life expectancy disparities.

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‘Defund the Police’ was Designed to Provoke a Response. In Missouri, it Worked

By | June 9, 2021 | 0
Kansas City police in riot gear

Republican lawmakers have responded with outrage to moves in Kansas City and St. Louis to reshuffle police funding.

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9 Kansas City Residents Share What Being Asian Means to Them

By | May 31, 2021 | 0
Hear from 9 Kansas City residents on what their identity means to them and their work

This is a snapshot of the many people in the community who shape and move the city as we know it.

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Tracing Kansas City’s Ties to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

By | May 27, 2021 | 0
The ruins of "Black Wall Street" after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.

The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre sent ripples that could be felt in Kansas City. Flatland explores the sometimes surprising local links to arguably the most serious, yet little known, race crime in U.S. history.

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