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Health leaders say listening, transparency key to assuring minority populations on vaccines MU Health Care COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State and local health leaders are using different outreach methods to overcome coronavirus vaccine hesitancy within communities of color. Agencies from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to MU Health Care are using various partnerships to address racial minorities who may be skeptical of the vaccines. That includes linking up with church leaders in hosting vaccination sites to community forums to talk about concerns. While Americans' willingness t...

Senate resolution condemns 1852 Missouri Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott case By Rudi Keller  Missouri Independent For two brief periods of his life, Dred Scott was a free man. The first period of freedom began with the decision of a St. Louis jury in January 1850 and continued until March 1852. During that time, Scott and his wife, Harriet, were emancipated because Missouri law recognized they were freed when their owners took them into territory where slavery was prohibited by state and federal law. That changed when their case reached the Missouri Supreme Court. With three members el...

Don’t call it a political podcast: Why positivity is the only filter on KCMO power duo’s new project Don’t call it a political podcast: Why positivity is the only filter on KCMO power duo’s new project Joni Wickham and Sly James, No Filter Media A former mayor and his chief of staff have more to talk about than just politics — even after eight years in Kansas City’s highest office, said Joni Wickham, describing the wider-ranging theme of her new podcast with Sly James. “People’s initial knee-jerk reaction may be to assume that this is a podcast all about politics or leadersh...

Bouie: 'Stop the Steal' didn't start with Trump Jamelle Bouie, The New York Times © Jack Gruber-USA TODAY Protesters at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Congress meets to formally ratify Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 Presidential election on Jan. 6, 2021. To explain the attack on the Capitol, you can’t just turn your focus to Donald Trump and his enablers. You must also look at the individuals and institutions that fanned fears of “voter fraud” to the point of hysteria among conservative voters, long before Trump. Put another way, the difference between a r...

Jamelle Bouie: ‘Stop the Steal’ didn’t start with Trump Conservative belief in Democratic voter fraud goes back decades. (Paula Bronstein | AP photo) Armed supporters of President Donald Trump attend a ' Stop The Steal ' rally at the Oregon State Capitol protesting the outcome of the election on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020 in Salem, Ore. By Jamelle Bouie | The New York Times   | Jan. 15, 2021, 1:38 p.m. To explain the attack on the Capitol, you can’t just turn your focus to Donald Trump and his enablers. You must also look at the individuals and institutions that fanned ...