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Last fall, after he was laid off from The Kansas City Star, Yael Abouhalkah did what many journalists do: he started a blog and continued to cover local…
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How a Congolese sculpture, now on display at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, inspired one American artist to explore a new style and tap into her own…
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There's a controversial film coming to the Kauffman Center Feb. 7. One of the filmmakers of "Disturbing the Peace" joins us to discuss the tale of enemy…
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Winston Churchill sure didn’t make it easy to become a seminal figure in world history.Before becoming Great Britain’s prime minister and leading his…
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Building a community isn’t easy; people and ideas may be the brick and mortar, but what are the tools? Fortunately, KU has narrowed that down to a toolkit…
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Since 1983 Alfred Friendly Press has offered fellowships to journalists from developing countries and emerging markets to spend six months working at U.S.…
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When Al-Qaida moved into Timbuktu, Mali, the terror group was bent on enforcing Shariah law, threatening many historical artifacts in the region. That's…
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Cecil the Lion’s death at the hands of a trophy hunter made headlines around the world a few months ago but that type of hunting is common in Africa.…
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U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver just returned from a five-day trip to Kenya and Ethiopia with President Obama. He discusses the trip and his own…
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While armed conflicts are ongoing, media coverage brings images and sounds from the center of war zones to the world. But what happens when the guns go…
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The University of Kansas is hosting the Africa World Documentary Film Festival this Thursday, April 10 through Saturday, April 12.The convener of that…
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The global economy isn’t just about trading with China, India and European countries-- Africa is making an impact as well.On Thursday's Up to Date, we’ll…