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A court ruled last year that Lisa Benson was retaliated against by her former employer, but stopped short of saying she was discriminated against because of her race. Benson hopes the ordeal has forced the 41 Action News team "to confront their racial bias."

The Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area nonprofit preserves historic sites on both sides of the state line, which has historically been an arena for fights over the meaning of freedom.

As Kansas City, Missouri, waits to learn what its share will be of $122.7 million in federal aid money given to Jackson County, gun crime continues to increase.

Council members cited concerns over the effectiveness and enforcement of an ordinance requiring face masks in public.

Both Missouri and Kansas now allow theaters to be open, but a number of indoor film houses are not yet operating. With social distancing somewhat built-in, drive-in movie theaters could see a resurgence in popularity.

Social distancing is key to stopping the spread of the new coronavirus, but giving big-city residents enough space to stay safely apart can be tough.

As Kansas City deals with nightly protests over the killing of George Floyd, a black man who died last week at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, many white folks are wondering what they can do to help.

Ameerah Sanders' jokes are based on things that happen to her in real life, which includes racism, even though she doesn’t explicitly try and make jokes about it.

Ryan Stokes, Terrance Bridges, Cameron Lamb, and Donnie Sanders are some of the people memorialized by protesters in Kansas City. A Kansas City Star reporter recounts the history of violence between police and black men here.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and widespread Black Lives Matter protests have thrown heavy moral questions into the national air.