Keyon Monté brings his New York-premiered play Second Born, starring Dominique Thorne and Mister Fitzgerald, to Kansas City.

Left: Independence police storm apartment building with handguns & rifles, Right: Mitchell, Maria & Baby Destiny smile in a photo **UPDATE** Independence Police Department has released edited, body ...

Health Forward's McClain Bryant Macklin on the new map's line along Troost Avenue, what Prop A does, and how to vote by Nov. 3.

While the World Watches is The Kansas City Defender’s ongoing investigation into what the 2026 World Cup is building in its host cities: the jails, the surveillance, and the displacement the spectacle ...

Health Forward’s McClain Bryant Macklin on the new map’s line along Troost Avenue, what Prop A does, and how to vote by Nov. 3.

Kayla Rose Huff, 16, of Moberly, Missouri, was reported missing on May 6 and found dead on May 13 in the Rudolf Bennitt Conservation Area. (Photo courtesy of the Huff family via Pathway-Millard Family ...

NAIROBI, Kenya, October 12, 2026—Waving flags, tooting plastic horns, and obstructing traffic underneath a busy highway overpass, scores of cheering protesters assembled outside the main office of the ...

A Miami fund bought a 126-year-old downtown building, quietly signed away the right to demolish it, then asked Kansas City for permission to demolish it anyway and build a 20-story data center. A ...

We’re thrilled to welcome Tiffany Watts as our first-ever full-time reporter. In her inaugural piece as Lead Reporter for Black Economic Justice, Food & Culture, Tiffany investigates the forces ...

In an age where the term ‘disinformation’ often conjures images of social media trolls and foreign interference, a critical truth is frequently overshadowed: disinformation is not a modern invention, ...