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Brooke Salvaggio isn’t your typical urban farmer.She grew up in the suburbs, in an upper-middle class family in Johnson County.“I grew up like most…
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When Dylan Mortimer was in fifth grade, he got a coveted pair of Air Jordans. "I was able to get some for about $60 that were a size too small for me," he…
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When alcoholism and addiction landed Bryan Hicks on the streets, it wasn't a spiritual epiphany that sent him searching for help. It was the realization…
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Lee Meisel starts his days by slinging whole pig carcasses over his shoulder and carrying them on his back into the kitchen of his own small restaurant in…
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Mará Rose Williams is a reporter for The Kansas City Star. And though her beat is technically higher education, for Williams, it's all about love."I…
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If you're looking for Will Leathem, he can usually be found behind the counter of Prospero's Books, his irreverent corner shop with creaky wood floors,…
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According to Cheptoo Kositany-Buckner, the digital divide is the civil rights issue of the 21st century.“Having internet access is essential. It’s not a…
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Democrat Katheryn Shields, who will take her seat on Kansas City Council on Aug. 1 after a close election win, didn't grow up dreaming of political…
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As she's about to take her seat on the Kansas City, Missouri Council, Katheryn Shields talks about her political career — how she got her start, her…
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When Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes came in for her photo shoot for the cover of Camp Magazine, she had no idea that she’d be styled as a 1950s housewife…
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John Long, editorial director of Camp Magazine--KC's monthly publication for LGBTQ and allied communities--talks pride in Kansas City, the emergence and…
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Eric Wesson of The Kansas City Call says that Kansas City's black community is like Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. "I am a man of substance," wrote…