Common Grounds | Kansans Discuss Election and Education Crisis

By | June 24, 2016 |
People around a table

Located a stone’s throw away from the seat of government in Wyandotte County is a small coffee shop. A Cup on the Hill, 730 Minnesota Ave., opened two years ago with the help of Community Housing of Wyandotte County and remains one of the few coffee shops in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. Its rarity and…

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Commentary | Let Common Sense Prevail In Battle Over Religious Liberty

By | March 1, 2016 |
George Diaz holds a bilingual Bible as he attends services in Louisville, Ky. Services at the chapel are delivered in both English and Spanish. (Photo: Ed Reinke |AP)

The very day in late February that five Republican candidates for president participated in a smash-mouth debate in Texas with much moaning and gnashing of teeth about the erosion of religious freedom in the United States, these things also happened: I gathered with Episcopalians, Catholics, and mainline Protestants for a Bible study I help to…

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