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What does it mean to be a Midwesterner? It's a hard question to answer, but there's definitely something unique about this land between coasts. From our…
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From Berkeley to St. Louis to Charlottesville — even on NFL playing fields — youths across the country have been watching the nation's adults respond to…
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From Mexico to Montreal, the migration of the monarch butterfly is truly Odyssean in nature. Today, we visit with a Kansas City cyclist who is pedaling…
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A local college student talks about the contested future of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and how it's shaping her life; an exhibit at the…
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While the challenges of peer pressure, all night study sessions, and "fitting in" aren't new, today's teens also have to deal with social media bringing…
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The Netflix series 13 Reasons Why has received praise and criticism for how it approaches weighty topics such as teen bullying, sexuality, mental illness…
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It's a long haul from Kansas City, Kansas, to Kanorado, but driving west on Interstate 70 doesn't have to be boring. Today, we learn about some of the…
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Not every undocumented migrant crossing our southern border makes it. Remains of those who die in the attempt are found in the open and in unmarked…
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It can be hard for parents to have a genuine talk with their teen-aged children without it ending up as awkward, emotional, or even worse, unproductive.…
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In conjunction with NPR's A Nation Engaged, we're asking people from across the region what they want the new president to know about themselves and their…
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Life can be difficult for people who don't fit into societal constructs of "male" and "female," but changing approaches, especially among young people, to…
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How an Argentinean Catholic boy grew up to be a gay Jewish rabbi, and what brought him to the Midwest. Rabbi Javier Cattapan shares his journey and…