Racism

An email to Derby students and families said racist text messages are “being addressed” but that “student matters are confidential.”

Racially restrictive deeds and exclusionary covenants are still scattered across the Kansas City metro, embedded deep in the bylaws of homes associations and subdivisions’ rules, even though they can no longer be enforced. Now, property owners have a way to remove the language from the documents.

Highland Community College in rural northeast Kansas will take steps to address alleged racial discrimination and harassment under an agreement announced Monday with the U.S. Department of Justice.

Quindaro in Wyandotte County was once a thriving, multiracial community, inextricably linked to the region’s history before, during and after the Civil War. This week, the ACLU of Kansas is releasing a carefully curated, more than 40-page analysis of the former township.

A new report shows that white supremacy propaganda distribution and events increased by 38% in the U.S., and 61% in Texas in 2022.

Kansas City is teeming with excitement since the Chiefs beat the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Championship game. But some fans find the controversies surrounding the team, the sport, and the NFL, too much to gloss over.

White test takers are far more likely to pass the licensing exam than people of color or older test takers.

After debt relief promised under the American Rescue Plan Act was repealed under a section of the Inflation Reduction Act, farmers of color are suing the U.S government.

Mike Sheppard was a jail warden for the West Texas Detention Center in Sierra Blanca — a privately owned detention facility that used to contract with the federal government to detain migrants. Louisiana-based LaSalle Corrections confirmed that he no longer worked with the company.

More Black Americans live in Texas than any other state. Two years after George Floyd’s murder, many reconsider their future here.