Kansas City woman fights wrongful convictions, corruption in criminal justice system
The KC Freedom Project is a ministry fighting to exonerate individuals who are wrongfully convicted or accused. The organization is also actively involved in calling out corruption within the Kansas C...
26 Okt 202030min
Kansas community colleges combat decreased enrollment amid COVID-19
After the Great Recession in 2008, community colleges nationwide saw an influx of nontraditional students and an increase in overall enrollment. Amid COVID-19, the opposite has occurred, and Kansas co...
19 Okt 202028min
Sarah Smarsh humbled by attention, finds 'perfect model' in Dolly Parton
Kansas writer Sarah Smarsh's 2018 book, "Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth," was a New York Times best-seller and a finalist for the National Book Awa...
12 Okt 202029min
Kansas resident, Brennan Center attorney address false claims of voter fraud
President Donald Trump, former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and race-baiting think tanks like the Heritage Foundation use the myth of voter fraud to justify laws and tactics that make it more...
6 Okt 202032min
Advocates of elderly, disabled argue for deeper COVID-19 cluster report
Four of five COVID-19 fatalities in Kansas were people at least 65 years of age, but that group is a mere 11% of the population. Vulnerability of medically challenged people in large residential facil...
28 Sep 202030min
Kansas lawmakers walking long road to legalizing medicinal marijuana
Rep. Gail Finney and Sen. David Haley are optimistic the 2021 Legislature can advance a bill legalizing medical marijuana, something they have advocated for more than a decade.
21 Sep 202026min
De La Isla reflects on Black Lives Matter, health care, COVID-19
Topeka Mayor Michelle De La Isla, the Democratic nominee for the 2nd District seat in Congress, says the police department is full of heroes, "but for us to say with a straight face that there is no r...
14 Sep 202032min
Sen. Pat Roberts reflects on career in politics, military, journalism
Retiring U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts shares personal insights into his 40-year career as an elected official in Washington, D.C., which was preceded by service in the U.S. Marine Corps and work as a journal...
7 Sep 202048min
