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A prolific artist, educator, writer, and community activist, Merrill taught at KCAI for nearly five decades.

The ACLU joins Democratic politicians in opposition to making school curricula available to parents.

In at least a dozen states, Republican lawmakers have introduced bills seeking to make instruction in public schools more transparent. Pennsylvania’s bill, for example, would require public schools to post their curricula online. Democrats have largely opposed these bills, viewing them as the latest conservative salvo against critical race theory–inspired pedagogy. In vetoing the Pennsylvania […]

As a number of marijuana legalization efforts aim for the 2022 ballot, some lawmakers are proposing an “automatic” system that would have the courts identify old, non-violent marijuana offenses and seal them on people’s records. Other ideas would require people to submit a petition and pay a fee.

Legal experts worry expungement proposals currently being considered might cause more harm than goodThe push to legalize recreational marijuana use in Missouri

Legal experts worry expungement proposals currently being considered might cause more harm than good.

In recent decades, the ACLU has supported transparency laws in schools when it came to sex education instruction, religious teachings in public schools.

Carlos Moreno / KCUR 89.3 Originally published on April 9, 2021 5:15 pm A large mob of white Kansas Citians seized Levi Harrington from Kansas City police custody on April 3, 1882, and took him to a bridge overlooking the West Bottoms, hung him and shot him. Hundreds gathered to watch the gruesome killing unfold. On Saturday community members and leaders will gather where Harrington died, and honor him by collecting a bit of soil from the area where he was lynched. “By collecting soi...