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A Disarray of Disinformation

Brenden Hill
March 10, 2021

In the aftermath of the right-wing Capitol insurrection, Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas did the right thing. While it should seem odd to call it courageous, Moran broke with many colleagues and voted to certify the 2020 election results.   What was the senator's...

UMKC College Democrats meeting targeted by racist and homophobic “Zoom bombing”

UMKC College Democrats meeting targeted by racist and homophobic “Zoom bombing”

Kate Beilsmith
October 20, 2020

Unwelcome guests entered a UMKC College Democrats Zoom meeting using racist and homophobic slurs as their names on Oct. 5. According to Charisma Sewell, the campus representative for the College Democrats who was present at the incident, the offenders were blasting music...

Black Lives Matter protests lead to police reforms in Kansas City

Black Lives Matter protests lead to police reforms in Kansas City

Ciara Pate
August 26, 2020

At the end of May, protests erupted across the United States and the world in response to the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police. The protests centered around police brutality and the lack of immediate discipline for the police officers that killed...

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