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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.
Fear Over Facts: Mizzou’s President Puts Columbia’s Unhoused Residents at the Center of a Public Safety Debate
University of Missouri President Mun Choi has framed homelessness as a public safety issue following a local student’s killing. But crime data shows no link between homelessness and violent crime. Advocates say that rhetoric has fueled harassment of Columbia’s unhoused community.
Damning Transcript Exposes Truth Behind Holy Brunch Closure
What began as a federal RICO lawsuit has become one of Kansas City’s most explosive legal sagas. Now, Holy Brunch’s owner is blaming Black media for his closure and screenshotting a Black woman reporter in an expletive-laden Facebook diatribe. But court transcripts expose what he knew all along.





