Crime & Safety

Harvesters mobile food distribution

Age of Coronavirus: Food Chain Heroes Step Up In Pandemic Crisis

Food assistance agencies are scrambling to meet spiking demand as people seek help during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Artists in Residence

Artists in Residence: Creative Strategies in the Age of Coronavirus

Flatland’s new video series, “Artists In Residence,” takes a look at how local artists are coping with the Kansas City area’s mandatory stay-at-home orders.

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Brian Skow, an emergency room specialist, and nurse Amanda Sandager respond to a video call at Avera eCARE telemedicine center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Age of Coronavirus: Pandemic Prompts Surge of E-House Calls 

The COVID-19 pandemic may, by necessity, accelerate the adoption of telemedicine.

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The Asian community is getting blamed for the pandemic

Age of Coronavirus: The Politics of the Pandemic

In a Flatland interview, University of Kansas professor Jack Zhang discusses how the “politics of blame” shapes our political and economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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John Tootle playing bagpipes

Age of Coronavirus: A Wistful Drone of Bagpipes Echoes in Brookside

John Tootle is using his skills as a bagpiper to raise the spirits of housebound families in the age of coronavirus.

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