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Opinion: KC’s violent crime is a symptom of the impoverishment of non-white communities

Opinion: KC’s violent crime is a symptom of the impoverishment of non-white communities

Lawrence Brooks IV
September 8, 2021

On Aug. 21, an unknown man was found by KCPD’s South Patrol on East 118th Pl. and Delmar Dr. with apparent stab wounds. The man, who was pronounced dead upon arrival at a local hospital, marked Kansas City’s 100th homicide of 2021.   Later in the week, victims 101-103...

Life, pain, determination

Life, pain, determination

Brittany Blockmon
November 5, 2019

This pain I have runs deep.  There have been times since the murder that I’ve sat in class and looked around at my peers and thought, “You have no idea what I’ve been through.” It’s mentally, physically and emotionally tearing me apart. It’s like every...

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