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A former Days Inn hotel has been transformed into a unique sanctuary for Kansas City's unhoused population. Plus: A Missouri town offers a case study for what happens when rural hospitals close and jeopardize access to critical health care.
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An iconic bakery in Kansas City, Kansas, is still selling same sweet bread that the owners' great, great grandmother brought from Croatia at the turn of the last century. Plus: The Easy Inn on Strawberry Hill looks like your average neighborhood dive bar, but to its regular patrons, it's a refuge.
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Is there a song you can't stop humming? KCUR listeners put together this list of inescapable tunes, including "Good As Hell" by Lizzo, "Last Christmas" by Wham! and "Take Ur Place" by Kye Colors.
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Kansas City offers myriad services and organizations for the unhoused and those on the brink of houselessness. Here are a few.
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Kansas City has long held a reputation as a center of blues music and culture. But as elder musicians pass away, one Kansas blues festival appears to have reached its conclusion. Plus, Kansas City's first bicycle collective has transformed junk into reliable rides for 15 years.
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“Art and Advocacy” is one of four, 60-minute documentaries that will be released by a group called DocuCourse. The films aim to provide practical ways to advance communities.
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Author and community safety advocate points to a system which sees some victims as important and others as not.
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The Torch Carriers Conference, hosted by the National Congress of Black Women's Kansas City chapter, includes workshops and sessions to uplift Black women and girls.
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During this Black Philanthropy Month, one Kansas City nonprofit uses the Black community's heritage of giving to show philanthropy is not confined to the wealthiest.
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The goal of Kansas City's Office of Citizen Engagement is to raise awareness of grants and funds available to residents for community projects. The city's new community engagement coordinator, Gary Jones, is at the head of that effort.
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Sheryl Ferguson, founder of It's Time 4 Justice, has organized a public forum with the goal of starting a conversation about race with people from all walks of life.
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The 'emotional value' auction hosted by the Charlotte Street Foundation, is a new form of sale that does not involve money.