Next Normal

The coronavirus caused graduations to be canceled from middle school to medical school. In this story from our series The Next Normal, four students share how they feel about being robbed of the relief and joy that should accompany this time in their lives.

The Kansas Speedway has anchored the enormous Village West development in Wyandotte County and helped promote tourism. COVID-19 has changed the tourism part for the foreseeable future.

Parents are scrambling as hundreds of child care programs and summer activities have been canceled this summer due to COVID-19 restrictions. For our ongoing series The Next Normal, we explore how the summer crisis may forecast challenges for students and teachers in the fall.

The Kansas City Star sports writer says the lack of understanding of COVID-19 creates uncertainty about the next sports season. But eventually, games will return and maybe we'll appreciate them even more for having missed them.

KCUR asked poet Glenn North to reflect on what the next normal might be for Kansas City. He writes that the pandemic has exposed a deep racism in our society.

In KCUR's series, The Next Normal, we document how the lives of Kansas Citians have been transformed by the coronavirus pandemic and stay-at-home orders.

In KCUR's new series, The Next Normal, we document how the lives of Kansas Citians have been transformed by the coronavirus pandemic and stay-at-home orders.