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A new Kansas City square-dancing group is putting a gender-neutral spin on an age old American tradition. Plus: A Kansas historian documents the internal fighting between white soldiers and mistreated Black soldiers that threatened America's war efforts in Vietnam.

As troops took to the battle fields of Vietnam, internal fighting among American service members threatened to weaken the Army's ability to wage war. "An Army Afire" explores how commanders confronted the crisis.

Shane W. Evans could only wonder why his book "We March," a sparsely worded picture book for kids age 5 to 9, was banned.

The Great War depleted the states’ National Guard troops, sending them overseas. Missouri was one of the states that backfilled the domestic duties with unpaid volunteers.

Andrew Michael Johnson’s book of poetry and prose, “The Thread,” explores cosmic events and everyday moments.

Whether you read every book on your summer list or missed the reading-at-the-beach season altogether, here are some titles that are good any time.

Founder and president Vivien Jennings, and her husband, Roger Doeren, chief operations officer, are in their 70s – and ready to retire.

A 2020 survey of parents with children under age 18 had 49% saying their kids listen to audiobooks.

Journalist George Packer tackles the ideologies that have brought America to its current divide.

Elizabeth C. Bunce's Victorian 12-year old sleuth won the author the 2021 Edgar Award for best juvenile mystery.

Why the theory that has been taught for decades is now under attack and Lenexa author Elizabeth Bunce shares the creation story of her youthful detective Myrtle Hardcastle.

A common belief is that self-deception is a bad thing, but Shankar Vedantam points out it can be quite useful.