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Midwesterners are used to extreme weather. We take pride in enduring everything from torrential downpours to the most desiccating drought.Climate change…

Vast amounts of prairie speckled with wildflowers once covered Missouri. But today, little remains of what was once 15 million acres. The loss has been…

Before Monday night’s match between the U.S. and Ghana, I’d always found the World Cup just a little bit irritating. Especially when I was young, before I…

Every year, thousands of young people leave their home countries to study in the United States. Some come here because they want to pursue opportunities…

Last week in a coffee shop, I saw two young men, each with single name emblazoned on his chest. The first one read, “Jesus.” The other? “LeBron.” Because,…

Wyandotte County, Kansas, is one of only two counties in the country where three different ethnic groups — Black, Hispanic and White — each make up more…

It's becoming a year-end tradition at KCUR's Up to Date: Reviewing the year's best work from area musicians.This year's panelists are:KCUR 89.3 music…

It’s been nearly two weeks since the Kansas City Royals claimed their first World Series title in 30 years. Yet the glory hasn’t faded, and fans like…

Social theorist John Gerzema set out to learn what the next generation of entrepreneurs will be like.After traveling nearly four times around the world,…

Labor Day, envisioned as a national tribute to America’s workers, has really come to mean one thing: “Get back to work. Summer’s over.” There’s a parade,…