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“Missouri Is Next”: Neo-Nazi Network Expanding Whites-Only Towns—Here’s Where They’re Looking

By Ryan S. ● Fascism Watch ● October 8, 2025

How a fugitive and a porn-star-turned-fascist are exploiting legal loopholes to resurrect segregation—and why they think Missouri won’t stop them

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BREAKING: Albuquerque Police Department Announces Independent Investigation Into Jayvon Givan’s Death—Less Than 24 Hours After Defender Investigation and Mass Protest

By Ryan S. ● Justice ● October 7, 2025

Less than 24 hours after The Defender’s investigation, mass protest and national outcry, APD announces independent review of Jayvon Givan’s death. Here’s what it really means.

Corporate Media Dismisses Jayvon Givan Case as “Rumors”—Despite Outraged Family Demanding Answers, Hastily Cremated Body & Concealed Evidence

By Ryan S. ● Justice ● October 7, 2025

As The Kansas City Defender published deeply investigative reporting on Jayvon Givan’s suspicious public hanging, white-owned corporate media immediately parroted police talking points from a man so notorious that a city ordinance was passed because of him.

“This is a Cover-Up!”: Family of Jayvon Givan Demands Answers After Black Kansas City Man Found Hanged in New Mexico

By Ryan S. ● Justice ● October 6, 2025

Originally from the Kansas City area, Jayvon Givan was found hanged in New Mexico. Police hid his death for over a year, cremated his body before even notifying his family of his death, and called it suicide. His family is demanding a full investigation and justice for Jayvon.

Wyandotte County Jail Cops Brutally Execute Black Man Then Engage in Coverup

By Ryan S. ● Justice ● September 15, 2025

Charles L. Adair, a 50-year-old Black man, was arrested on traffic warrants and brutally killed less than 24 hours later inside the Wyandotte County jail. An autopsy shows jail cops violently knelt on his back, breaking bones and suffocating him. Officials lied to the public, covering up his brutal killing with a fraudulent press release that blames Adair’s death on him being an alcoholic.

Mass of KC Black Youth & Leaders Rally in Force to Build Hamer Free Food Program

By Ryan S. ● Mutual Aid & Community Programs ● September 14, 2025

In the wake of Sun Fresh’s closure and the deepening food apartheid along Kansas City’s Prospect corridor, the Black community responded with power. The Hamer Free Food Program—named for revolutionary freedom fighter Fannie Lou Hamer—has officially launched, with more than 60 volunteers joining Farm Days to grow, harvest, and deliver free produce directly from Black farms to Black families.

Trump is Puppeteering Missouri Legislators With Gerrymandering Plan to Remove Emanuel Cleaver

By Lynnie Holl ● Fascism Watch ● September 12, 2025

Missouri Legislators continue to play puppet in Trump’s far-right gerrymandering agenda to secure more republican seats in Congress for next year’s midterm elections.

KC’S BLACK FARMS UNITE: Hamer Free Food Program Launches Amid Growing Food Apartheid

By KC Defender Staff ● Mutual Aid & Community Programs ● August 19, 2025

The KC Defender, KC Black Urban Growers, Ivanhoe Neighborhood Association, and every Black farm in the KC metro are launching the Hamer Free Food Program. Free CSA boxes from Black farms will reach elders and families near 31st and Prospect after Sun Fresh’s closure. Volunteer, donate, or partner to scale it.

Kansas City’s East Side Demands Environmental Equity

By Tiffany Watts ● Black Economic Justice ● August 14, 2025

Toxic creek, crumbling sidewalks, and decades of neglect spark renewed demands for action.

Thousands of Black KC Residents Plunged into Food Desert as Sun Fresh Shutters

By Ryan S. ● Justice ● August 12, 2025

Sun Fresh, the last full-service grocery store for miles around 31st & Prospect, has closed, leaving thousands of Black Kansas Citians in a food desert. City Hall found $800 million for a new jail, but not enough to keep bread and baby formula on the shelf.