A host of new winter films promise to extend festive, holiday merriment well into spring 2018. Regardless of viewer appetites, a plethora of titles and subjects are bound to satisfy […]
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Is This the Year Workers Finally Get Paid Family Leave?
Though a variety of polls have indicated a large majority of Americans support the idea of paid family and medical leave, disagreement about whether it should be mandated by the […]
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KCK Native Lands Coveted Grammy Nomination
Anthony White had no idea the journey he would take when he first started making beats at 16 and that includes the change in names. Born Anthony Jermaine White, for […]
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Nineteen Fashionetta Pearls Shine in “Pearls Over the Moon”
Nineteen African American high school senior young women participated in Fashionetta 2017: “Pearls over the Moon” on Nov. 4 at Wichita State, Eugene Hughes Metroplex. The annual Fashionetta celebration showcased […]
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One of Wichita’s Oldest Black-owned Businesses Closes its Doors
For 27 years, Teresa Barfield filled a niche for ladies in the Wichita clothing market with a big smile, a pleasant, leisurely shopping experience and a personal touch. For at […]
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Why Are Black Male Gays the New Face of AIDS?
History marks the beginning of the American AIDS epidemic as June 5, 1981 in Los Angeles, when a case of five previously healthy gay men were reported to have pneumocystis […]
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Kansas Teacher Vacancies Concentrated In Five Lower-Income School Districts
Children who come from low-income families, have disabilities, aren’t white or don’t speak English at home appear to be disproportionately paying the price of Kansas’ teacher shortage, according to an […]
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Morehouse’s Next President Recalls His Kansas City Roots
As a high school student, Kansas City native Dr. David A. Thomas believed if he carefully applied himself in class and worked hard that his education would take him far. […]
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African Americans Disproportionately Suffer Health Effects of Oil and Gas Facilities
African American communities face a disproportionate risk of health issues caused by gas and oil pollution, according to a report issued Tuesday by two advocacy groups. The report from the […]