RSVP now: Racial reckoning at The Kansas City Star, ‘The Truth in Black and white’

The Kansas City Star recently examined its coverage of race and the city’s Black community over its 140-year history. In conjunction with the Kansas City Public Library, the Star is hosting a public discussion of the newspaper’s actions, the impact and the path forward.

Wallace Hartsfield led by example for history and hope

The Rev. Wallace Hartsfield is recalled as the “grandfather of ministers” in The Kansas City Star by Robert Lee Hill, a community consultant and minister emeritus of Community Christian Church.

'From home to home to home,' KC Star's report on foster children featured on NPR

The psychological damage that children and foster care suffer nationwide when they are moved dozens of times from “home to home to home” harms the brain, The KC Star reported on NPR’s Morning Edition. The Star spent most of a year reporting a six-part series on America’s foster care system.