If We Must Die: A Black August Tribute from the Heart of the Country By Ryan S. ● Revolutionary Politics ● August 3, 2026 Born behind prison walls, carried across the diaspora, Black August is the month we count our martyrs and sharpen ourselves. McKay gave us the vow. Missouri and Kansas gave us the battleground.
What Love Taught Me During The Fires This Time By Melissa Ferrer Civil ● Fire & Verse ● January 21, 2025 Kansas City’s Poet Laureate delivers a prophetic reckoning—an unflinching meditation on survival, sacrifice, and the firestorm of our times.
