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Yes, I’m Still Pissed That Slaves Were Held & Sold Out the Basement of Kelly’s in Westport

By Ryan S. ● Kansas City ● August 9, 2021

Can you imagine drinking and partying on top of a holocaust site?

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White People Are Gentrifying 18th & Vine: This Black Business Owner is Suing in a Landmark Case

By KC Defender Staff ● Kansas City ● August 4, 2021

White People Are Gentrifying 18th & Vine: This Black Business Owner is Suing in a Landmark Case

Mayor Lucas Requests New Wave of Federal Agents Despite Civil Rights Leaders Demand for Structural Solutions to Policing Crisis

By Cassandra Gillig ● Kansas City ● July 27, 2021

BREAKING: Coalition of KC Civil Rights Organizations Requests U.S. Justice Department Investigate KCPD

By KC Defender Staff ● Kansas City ● July 26, 2021

A historic coalition of Kansas City Civil Rights Organizations is Requesting that the United States Justice Department Investigates KCPD.

White-led Media Organizations in Kansas City Should Give Reparations for Killing Black People

By Ryan S. ● Kansas City ● July 25, 2021

The history of Kansas City is one that white media has weaponized to produce the dehumanization and social death of Black people.

A Lot of Black People Party at Bridgers in Westport, Here’s Why

By The Defender Nightlife Reporter ● Kansas City ● July 22, 2021

What Is Happening In Westport Is Not A “Litter and Tent Cleanup”, It Is A Ruthless Assault On People & Families

By KC Defender Staff ● Kansas City ● July 18, 2021

The Black Radical Tradition: Kansas City’s Rich History of Revolutionary Organizing

By Adin Alem ● Kansas City ● July 14, 2021

When KC Cops Murder Black People, Local Media Are Co-Conspirators

By Cassandra Gillig ● Kansas City ● July 12, 2021

Led by police department lies emphasizing Johnson’s purportedly threatening presence and guilt, the killing elicited little protest.

VIDEO: KC Black Panther Party Vows “War” with KCPD & Promotes July Armed Demonstration

By KC Defender Staff ● Kansas City ● July 1, 2021

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Abolitionist Architecture: How Black Designers Are Building a Liberatory Future

Federal RICO Case Alleges an All-White Board Runs Westport Nightlife Like a Racist Cartel

Where Creativity Meets Community: Inside DISTRKCT, Kansas City’s New Black-Owned Content Hub

One of America’s Most Acclaimed Black Dance Companies Brings Zora Neale Hurston’s Revolutionary Vision to Kansas City Next Friday

BLK + BRWN Bookstore Celebrates 4 Years with Juneteenth Block Party

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Mizzou Protected a Student Who Joked About Killing Black People. Then It Defunded the Only Black Student Government in America.

Rubio’s Global War on “Anti-American” Speech Has Its First Prisoners

The Company That Built Guantanamo Bay Is Now Building Kansas City’s World Cup Jail. A Coalition of 23 Organizations Are Fighting Back

CoreCivic Kills People. Leavenworth Is Voting on Whether to Let Them Do It Here.

BREAKING: Platform Ventures Backs Down From ICE Detention Center Sale After Weeks of Mass Organizing and Protest

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