Crime & Safety
COVID on Campus: Unprecedented Challenges, Mixed Results
An analysis of four major Midwestern universities shows that no matter what the schools did to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic the results were worse than predicted.
Biden Administration Boosting State COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments
President Joe Biden says his administration is boosting the number of doses sent to states each week and will be giving state officials more certainty on the number of doses they can expect in future shipments.
Violence in the Emergency Room
Health care workers are the victims in about half of all workplace assaults, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Emergency room workers are especially vulnerable, and the pandemic is making it worse.
Surviving Today: Landlords and Tenants Square Off as Eviction Moratorium Expires
Evictions continue despite a pandemic and despite a moratorium. Here’s what it’s like.
KC Faith Leaders Target Violent Crime in ‘Getting to the Heart of the Matter’
Several clergy members began working with the Kansas City Police Department last summer to find ways to reduce violent crime.