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MAGA Billboard in Montgomery Sparks Outrage with Racist Imagery

News Staff
Thursday, September 11, 2025
A billboard in Montgomery, Alabama, has ignited a storm of backlash after displaying the words “It’s Time to Get the Clowns Out!” alongside images of people in racist blackface, all framed in the branding of Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.The display, funded through the Montgomery...
Hemp-derived THC beverages like these Mighty Kind THC seltzers can be found at Total Wine and other large liquor stores throughout Missouri.” (Photo submitted)

Hemp-derived THC beverages like these Mighty Kind THC seltzers can be found at Total Wine and other large liquor stores throughout Missouri.” (Photo submitted)

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New Initiative Petition Would Regulate Missouri Marijuana, Hemp Products the Same as Alcohol

Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent
Thursday, September 11, 2025
A coalition of Missouri hemp business leaders and advocates formally filed four initiative petitions Tuesday that would ask voters to allow marijuana and intoxicating hemp products to be sold in the same stores as alcohol and tobacco.The goal of the effort, led by Kansas-City-based hemp business...
GERRYMANDING: KCMO Mayor Pro Tem Addresses Crowd at SKCA Meeting

GERRYMANDING: KCMO Mayor Pro Tem Addresses Crowd at SKCA Meeting

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GERRYMANDING: KCMO Mayor Pro Tem Addresses Crowd at SKCA Meeting

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Thursday, September 11, 2025
Kansas City, Mo., Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw (left) warned a crowd at the September 8 meeting of the South Kansas City Alliance that legislation being considered by the Missouri General Assembly that has since passed the House of Representatives to carve up KCMO into three Congressional...
Human heart with blocked arteries. 3d illustration (Photo by Rasi Bhadramani)

Human heart with blocked arteries. 3d illustration (Photo by Rasi Bhadramani)

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Mental Illness Linked to Higher Heart Disease Risk and Shorter Lives

Stacy M. Brown Black Press Usa Senior National
Friday, September 5, 2025
A sweeping review published in The Lancet Regional Health—Europe has drawn a direct line between mental health disorders and cardiovascular disease (CVD), showing that individuals living with psychiatric conditions face not only a higher risk of heart problems but also a shorter life expectancy.
Stand Up KC, Missouri Workers Center, SEIU Local 1, SEIU Healthcare, and other unions, Missouri Jobs with Justice Voter Action, Missouri Voter Protection Coalition, Indivisible KC, and 50501 KC convened a mass rally on the Country Club Plaza against a special session to advance what they called “President Trump’s authoritarian power grab.” (Photo courtesy of Missouri Workers Center)

Stand Up KC, Missouri Workers Center, SEIU Local 1, SEIU Healthcare, and other unions, Missouri Jobs with Justice Voter Action, Missouri Voter Protection Coalition, Indivisible KC, and 50501 KC convened a mass rally on the Country Club Plaza against a special session to advance what they called “President Trump’s authoritarian power grab.” (Photo courtesy of Missouri Workers Center)

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Labor Day Rally Opposing Low Wages, Redistricting Draws Crowd

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Friday, September 5, 2025
September 1, 2025–– Over 1,000 low-wage workers with Stand Up KC, Missouri Workers Center, SEIU Local 1 and other area unions; Missouri Jobs with Justice Voter Action; Missouri Voter Protection Coalition; Indivisible KC; and 50501 KC held a mass Labor Day rally in Kansas City, Missouri, to protest...
A Precarious Time: Black Labor Day 2025

A Precarious Time: Black Labor Day 2025

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A Precarious Time: Black Labor Day 2025

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Friday, August 29, 2025
Day 2025 seems like a good time to ask a long neglected question: What is the State of Black Work Life in America?Precarious.Whiplashed by the daily grind and Donald Trump’s relentless War on Blackness, worklife for most Black folks is about vigilance to cope with the unexpected and resilience to...
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