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Posts Tagged ‘Activism’

March For Our Lives: A Generation’s Quest For Gun Safety

By | June 9, 2022 | 0
An estimated 6,000 to 8,000 Kansas Citians gathered at Theis Park on March 24, 2018 for the March for Our Lives event in the wake of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting.

Members of a generation whose lives have been shaped by mass shootings are gathering again for March for Our Lives 2022.

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Inside KC’s Gun Culture: It’s Changing, and Not How You Might Expect

By | May 19, 2022 | 0
A woman takes aim at a target on the shooting range at Frontier Justice in Lee's Summit, Mo.

Millions of Americans have become first-time gun owners in recent years. Here’s a look at who they are, and why they’re arming themselves.

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High School Students Canvass Voters About Local Control of KCPD

By | February 22, 2022 | 0
The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners meeting in January.

Students from three local schools are canvassing voters to gauge political support for local control of the Kansas City Police Department.

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Use of the Force: KC Debates Police Department Staffing

By | February 17, 2022 | 0
Lauren Billinger, a South Patrol officer with the Kansas City Police Department, responding to a call for service.

Kansas City is grappling with how to allocate resources for its police department this budget season. Much of the debate turns on how many police officers are needed, and how they should be deployed.

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Students Want to Learn ‘History As It Is, As it Was’

By | November 23, 2021 | 0
From left to right: Sanaa Best, senior at Lincoln College Preparatory Academy; Tymia Morgan, teacher at Center High School; and Jude Anderson, senior at Lincoln College Preparatory Academy.

Increasingly, K-12 classrooms have become hotbeds for debate about what should or should not be taught, especially when it centers around race and history. Students and educators share their thoughts.

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