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How Right-Wing Extremists Are Seizing Control of KC’s Police Department — And How We Can Fight Back

By Avery Jones MSW & Ikemba Sahih El Shabazz ● Politics ● October 5, 2022

On the ballot this election is an extremist, far-right piece of legislation which threatens to further extract resources from our communities.

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Suppression of Speech & Arresting Activists: KC City Hall’s Escalating Assault on the Public

By KC Defender Staff ● Housing ● September 12, 2022

In an anti-democratic, authoritarian trend, Kansas City’s City Hall continues to silence, arrest and “make impossible” proper public engagement.

A Deadly Decision: The Impact of Overturning Roe V. Wade on Black Missourians–and Ways to Keep Us Safe

By Alecia Taylor ● Politics ● July 5, 2022

These laws have raised alarm for the health and safety of Black individuals. Low-income Black folks living in Missouri are especially at risk.

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

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

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91 Years, 19 Grammys: The World’s Greatest Black Orchestra Comes Home to Kansas City

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

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Exclusive Video: Horrifying Bodycam Footage Reveals Missouri Cop Firing 9 Shots at Unarmed Black Teen, Continues Shooting As Lifeless Body Lays on Ground

No Charges. Black Missouri Teen Saveion McConnell Was Unarmed, Charged With Nothing, and Gunned Down by a Cop Who Shot at Him 9 Times. The State Just Ruled His Slaughter Legal.

Following Gloria Steinem’s Death, Black and Brown Feminists Ask: ‘Ain’t I A Woman?’

The People Said Let Us Vote. The Council Gave a Billionaire $600 Million Instead

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