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One controversy involving the Kansas City Police Department has to do with oversight from the Office of Community Complaints. Critics say the office rarely rules against law enforcement, and are raising questions about how effective and fair it is.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Families considering whether or not to send college-age kids back to campus for the fall semester are facing some unprecedented choices.

COVID-19 has had a disproportionate effect on people who reside or work in long-term care facilities and nursing homes.

"Everything I do is sort of born out of trauma," says Dylan Mortimer, who hopes a new series can "transform something that is seemingly hopeless into something hopeful."

"Da Five Bloods" focuses on the journey of five Black veterans. Though they returned home from the war with their lives, they were met with discrimination and racism.

At a time when our country appears more divided than ever, DEBATE-Kansas City teaches students how to research and talk about complicated issues with people on the opposing side.