memoir

Rinker Buck has combined history and adventure since he was a teen. His latest expedition highlighted the role of the flatboat in opening the western frontier.

The former Missouri politician and veteran candidly reflects on his struggles with PTSD in a new memoir.

Eric M. Smith reveals the daily struggles he experienced and offers a new perspective on race.

The new mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, says she'll take an active role in community dialogue and reform, Kansas City receives a $50.8 million federal grant to help expand streetcar service south, and Rebekah Taussig's memoir examines disabilities in pop culture and her experience living in a wheelchair.

Lisa Stewart had wanted to take a long, solo horseback trip for most of her life. In her mid-50s, she finally made it happen.

Segment 1: "Tough love, to me, means you love fiercely but not uncritically," said Susan Rice. Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice recounted…

Segment 1: Why we keep the objects that we keep.If you were to pick one object in your possession that brings you meaning and joy, what would it be? An…

Segment 1: How Making Movies' latest album gave a nod to Lou Reed.Making Movies, a Kansas City band, released an album this year that got a lot of…

Artist Hugh Merrill, who is white, had troubling memories from what he saw growing up in the Jim Crow South of the 1950s and '60s. And when he started…

Segment 1: Two men formed an unlikely friendship through a shared tragedy.Tariq Khamisa was a 20-year-old college student delivering a pizza in 1995 when…

Segment 1: New data analysis of Kansas City's public school environment.A new analysis shows public and charter schools in Kansas City are more…

Segment 1: What We KeepIf you were to pick one object in your possession to keep that brings you meaning and joy, what would it be? An author shares…