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Pianist and scholar Dr. Samantha Ege sits down with Classical KC's Brooke Knoll for a discussion about her musicianship, her research and the musical voices she works to bring to the forefront. We'll hear her perform works by Margaret Bonds, Florence Price, Kansas City native Nora Holt and more.
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Kansas City has taught me that you don’t love a city by seeing only the parts that make you comfortable. Telling stories about this place for two decades allowed me to understand its quirks, its flaws, its strengths and its heartaches.
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In 1998, the Oscar-winning director launched the first nationwide crisis line for LGBTQ youth.
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Are there books that contain ideas so crucial to understanding the world that it's actually dangerous not to read them? We reached out to Kansas City's biggest book-readers and change-makers to find out what titles they'd put on such a list. Here's what they said.
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While any number of athletes on the field and court are black, when it comes to reporters covering the action, most are white and male.
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Black children are overrepresented in the foster care system, and that has created a demand for more Black foster parents to give kids a more familiar environment after being taken from their biological families.
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Children's media experts recommend their favorite new books, TV shows and video games with characters and storylines representing the diversity of the U.S.
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People increasingly want to consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors when investing.
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The goal of the university's Institute for Urban Education is to recruit and support future educators, especially those of color.
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The challenge for people of color and women is finding an accessible entry point to training for jobs including electricians, bricklayers, and pipe fitters.
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Kansas City Public Schools is undertaking a substantial shift in the way that it disciplines its students.
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Study shows that for every 200 Latinx students, there is one Latinx educator.