A Brilliant Boy, a Garbage Dump, and the $415 Standing Between Him and Medical School
This story marks the first installment in “The Plunder Papers,” an ongoing investigative series by two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Jon Jeter examining why Africans continue to live in grinding poverty seven decades after the alleged close of the colonial era.
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SHUT IT DOWN, GET ICE OUT! Nationwide General Strike January 30th
Following Minnesota’s massively successful general strike, unions across the nation are calling for a nationwide general strike this Friday, January 30th. As ICE continues to terrorize our communities, the time to stand up and fight back is here. No politician is going to save us. Only we can save us.
From Pop-Ups to a Permanent Home: The Outsiders Social Club Reimagines Co-Working in Kansas City
A new Westport social hub blends coffee, collaboration, and community for Kansas City creatives.
Kansas City at Center of ICE Nationwide Concentration Camp Network
ICE is eyeing to make Kansas City one of seven “mega centers” in its unprecedented concentration camp network. A local real estate company, Platform Ventures, may “sell out” Kansas City by selling a taxpayer-subsidized warehouse to make it happen. And federal agents are already terrorizing KC residents & going door-to-door.
Kansas City Passes 5-Year Ban on Mass Detention Facilities
The move blocks permits for non-municipal detention centers as the Trump regime eyes KC for a 10,000-person ICE concentration camp
Kansas City Winter Resources for the Unhoused: What to Do and Where to Go When Temperatures Drop
As winter settles in, hundreds of Kansas Citians are facing the cold without shelter. This guide pulls together shelter, food, medical, and warming resources so people living outside, families navigating homelessness, and those looking to help know where to turn.
