Racial Justice

Nika Cotton makes a drink at Soulcentricitea, which she opened on Troost Ave. last July. Cotton applied for a grant from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, but did not receive any money.

In Kansas City, Restaurant Revitalization Funds Flowed to Whiter, More Affluent Areas

By Celisa Calacal, KCUR 89.3 | August 18, 2021

Local businesses received a total of $53 million from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. But few of those dollars flowed east of Troost.

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Person receiving an injection.

Racism at the Root of Kansas City Health Disparities, New Plan Concludes

By Marissa Plescia | June 22, 2021

Kansas City’s new Community Health Improvement Plan is focusing more attention on the connection between racism and life expectancy disparities.

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Kansas City police in riot gear

‘Defund the Police’ was Designed to Provoke a Response. In Missouri, it Worked

By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent, Allison Kite | June 9, 2021

Republican lawmakers have responded with outrage to moves in Kansas City and St. Louis to reshuffle police funding.

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Hear from 9 Kansas City residents on what their identity means to them and their work

9 Kansas City Residents Share What Being Asian Means to Them

By Michelle Bacon, Vicky Diaz-Camacho | May 31, 2021

This is a snapshot of the many people in the community who shape and move the city as we know it.

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The ruins of "Black Wall Street" after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.

Tracing Kansas City’s Ties to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

By Brian Burnes | May 27, 2021

The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre sent ripples that could be felt in Kansas City. Flatland explores the sometimes surprising local links to arguably the most serious, yet little known, race crime in U.S. history.

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