The holiday season injects chaos into every aspect of life. Businesses change hours and workers request time off to spend with family or on final exams and papers. Both employees and employers deal with the season’s strain. “Holidays create unexpected drops in revenue...

Equal Minded Café is working to serve more than just coffee and pastries; they are trying to build a community and form conversations. Dontavious Young, a third-year transfer student at UMKC, owns and operates the small coffee shop off Troost Avenue and 43rd Street. The...

Students can help combat the systemic racism inflicted on the black community by supporting local black-owned businesses.  The past year brought many new struggles for UMKC students to overcome. The COVID-19 outbreak has forced the world to adapt to new ways of learning,...