Green Bean Casserole Is A Midwestern Holiday Classic Born Back East
Move over turkey. Step aside stuffing. Green Bean Casserole, an iconic Thanksgiving dish, turns 60 years old this year and it’s as popular as ever. Love it or loathe it, the classic Midwestern casserole has come to mean more than just a mashup of processed food sitting next to the mashed potatoes. “Green Bean casserole…
Spotlight on the Spoken Word | Natasha Ria El-Scari
We’re taking a moment to recognize Kansas City’s wordsmiths. Taken from KCPT’s “Arts Upload,” which has amassed an impressive collection of local poets reading their own works, “Spotlight” gives Flatland a chance to catch up with the artists. We find out what they’re up to and get their take on what to watch in the local and national art scene. This week:…
Shooting of Ryan Stokes won’t go away
1 Struggle KC, a local activist group started in October 2014 in response to the events in Ferguson Missouri, has taken an investigative piece originally written by Daniel Boothe and Mike McGraw and used the facts reported by Flatland surrounding the death of Ryan Stokes as their main source to push for restorative justice. A…
5 Questions with Human Rights Leader Minoru Yasui’s Granddaughter
This afternoon Minoru Yasui will receive a posthumous 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the nation, at the White House in Washington D.C. According to the White House Press Release: Minoru Yasui was a civil and human rights leader known for his continuous defense of the ideals of democracy embodied in our…
Alzheimer’s Panelists Point To Progress In Diagnosis, Treatment
Two University of Kansas Medical Center researchers at the forefront of national efforts to treat Alzheimer’s disease said scientists are making strides toward reducing the prevalence of a condition that affects as many as 5.1 million Americans. Key aims include early detection and halting the progression of the disease, said Dr. Jeffrey Burns, a leader…
Take 5 For Your Health
Kansas ‘Right to Try’ Bill Would Ease Access To Trial Drugs But Some See Peril Signs of the toll amyotrophic lateral sclerosis has taken on Kelli Johnsen’s body are scattered throughout the living room of her Emporia, Kansas, home. A wheelchair in one corner. A lift in another. A walker near the television. Next to her…
Leveling the technology playing field
It’s never fun to get a poor report card, but it’s even worse when the bad marks are due to circumstances beyond your control. That’s the way Superintendent Dennis Carpenter felt when the organization he leads, the Hickman Mills School District, fared badly on its most recent annual performance report from the Missouri Department of…
Looking To Settle Down, Immigrant Workers Face Housing Crisis
The immigrant workers that pick crops like cotton and melons in the U.S. can have a tough time finding a place to live. The rural areas where they can find work often lack the social services and affordable housing. That means many farm worker families end up in dilapidated buildings, which can come with health…
Tobacco 21 gains approval in KCMO, Wyandotte County
The movement to make 21 the legal age for purchasing tobacco products throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area netted two of the region’s largest municipalities Thursday. In a move designed to make a big splash, elected officials in Kansas City, Mo., and the Unified Government (UG) of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kan., voted within…
Making Pie, Kansas City-style
Aaron Mulder invented the pizza test even if he hasn’t yet named it. Mulder, or another member of the staff at the three-week-old Long-Bell Pizza Company, will place a hand under each pizza to see if it holds its shape without the support of the plate. If the slice doesn’t get floppy, that pie is…
As MU looks hard at diversity, the world’s first J-School also needs to revisit a ‘notorious act of racism’.
In the wake of historic changes at my alma mater in Columbia, it seems as though everybody in a position of power there has been clawing for higher ground. University administrators who were forced to resign don’t want to be seen as racist, maybe just clueless. The Board of Curators, which actually thanked those former…
The Weekender
I’ve done the math. We have now crossed off 325 of 2015’s allotted days. The end game is truly upon us! So buck up, and grab some wassail. Or at least accept the fact that more and more of your weekend options will come with “holiday” somewhere in the description. Lighting With that in mind,…
Ka-Blooom!
And then there was one. Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation hosted the first One in a Million Business and Pitch Competition Wednesday morning at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center on Rockhill Road, as five hopeful entrepreneurs from the 1 Million Cups community presented their start-up companies to a panel of…
Anti-smoking measures advance to KC council
A Kansas City Council committee on Wednesday approved three anti-smoking measures that critics said wrongly include electronic cigarettes and premium cigars. Taken together, the three ordinances raise the legal age for purchasing tobacco products and e-cigarettes from 18 to 21 and add e-cigarettes, also known as vapes, to the city’s ban on indoor smoking, including…
Spotlight on the Spoken Word | Gustavo Adolfo Aybar
We’re taking a moment to recognize Kansas City’s wordsmiths. Taken from KCPT’s “Arts Upload,” which has amassed an impressive collection of local poets reading their own works, “Spotlight” gives Flatland a chance to catch up with the artists. We find out what they’re up to and get their take on what to watch in the local and national art scene. This week:…