News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
Storify: NCLR conversations on Immigration, Economic Inequality, and Healthcare
Reporters, politicians and participants were active this week in tweeting their impressions from the annual National Council of La Raza, which took place at the Kansas City Convention Center, July 11-14. The twitterarti weighed in on key issues discussed at the conference, as reflected here in this Storify by KCPT’s Matthew Hodapp. Did you attend the conference? Let…
Death And Dying: An Emerging Conversation
Editor’s note: On Wednesday, Medicare announced that it would reimburse doctors for end-of-life counseling. It’s part of an emerging conversation about end-of-life issues and the policy changes needed to give people more control over what happens to them in their final days. This three-part series of stories by KHI News Service, and a video produced in…
How one KC church creates an honest place to talk race
Ever since debates about race intensified following Ferguson and Baltimore and New York and South Carolina, a question directed at white people has grown sharper. Do you have any African-American friends? Not associates you see only at work. Not people you run into at your kids’ sports events. People you really talk to. Friends. At…
Immigration, the gender wage gap, and Donald Trump emerge as themes for Democratic candidates in KC
Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley addressed the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) on Monday at the Kansas City Convention Center. No Republican candidates spoke at the conference. NCLR is an national organization that advocates for the rights of the Hispanic and Latino population. Its conference in Kansas City runs…
La Raza Panel: Zip Codes Key To Understanding Community Health
Something as simple as schoolyard gates can play a role in improving the health of low-income communities.