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Fascist Censorship Strikes Kansas City As Councilman Nathan Willett Attacks Free Speech About Israeli Occupation

By KC Defender Staff ● Kansas City ● October 10, 2023

Kansas City Councilman Nathan Willett calls for the removal of Jaz Hays over comments on Israel, blatantly contradicting UN findings and stifling free speech. Discover the dire implications.

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“Tour of the Century”: Beyoncé Concludes Renaissance World Tour with Historic Kansas City Performance

By KC Defender Staff ● Arts & Culture ● October 2, 2023

Beyoncé’s ‘Tour of the Century’ concludes with a groundbreaking finale in Kansas City, marking historic firsts and redefining live performance.

KC Heard It First: Beyoncé Premiers New Film At Renaissance World Tour Grand Finale

By KC Defender Staff ● Arts & Culture ● October 2, 2023

Beyoncé stuns the world by revealing a new film during the final stop of her Renaissance World Tour in Kansas City.

Kansas City Gen Z Leader Arrested at US Capitol for Bold Call to Halt Environmental Apocalypse

By Ryan S. ● Climate ● September 30, 2023

21-year-old Kashmere Ketterman leads Gen Z activists in a daring occupation of a DC office, declaring, “solve the climate crisis now.”

A Statement from The Defender on the Fascist Political Repression of Stop Cop City Organizers

By Ryan S. & Nasir Montalvo ● National ● May 31, 2023

We condemn the fascist attack on Atlanta Solidarity Fund members; and call to immediately release ATL comrades fighting against Cop City.

Stop Telling Black People Not To Riot Over the State-Sanctioned Lynching of Tyre Nichols

By Ryan S. & Breanna Bonner ● Justice ● January 27, 2023

Do not talk to us today about potential for “violence” from protestors, to do so is to appropriate the language and framing of white supremacy.

Climate Change is Destroying Communities of Color & Threatening the Human Species

By Silas Lee ● Climate ● October 7, 2022

Climate change is the most dire threat to the human species — it is not a future crisis but one that is wreaking havoc across the world now.

A Former Guerilla Fighter & A Black Woman Won Colombia’s Presidential Election. Here’s Why That Matters to Black People Globally

By Saeger Godson ● World ● June 30, 2022

A former guerilla fighter & a Black woman won Colombia’s presidential election. here’s why that matters to Black people globally.

Nelson Atkins Museum Under Fire for Displaying Stolen African Art

By Ryan S. ● Kansas City ● April 29, 2022

The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art is a central figure in the unraveling global drama of Western institutions displaying stolen Benin Bronzes.

Elon Musk’s Massive Twitter Share Purchase Should Terrify Anyone Who Isn’t White Supremacist

By The Defender Culture Columnist ● World ● April 4, 2022

In reality he is a Narcissistic, apartheid-era white supremacist who has convinced the world, and a great deal of popular Black culture, that he is “for the people”