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This Kansas jail found ways to lock up fewer mentally ill inmates
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Responding to a mental health crisis without badges or guns
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The Kansas Leadership Center recently published a national best-seller called When Everyone Leads. This book inspires us, but how do people actually put these ideas into practice? How do these ideas apply to civic issues?
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CIVIc IsSUES: IN FOCUS
Kansas community colleges reaching a crossroads
Precipitous enrollment declines, aging campuses and funding struggles cloud what could be a bright future of two-year schools.
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Could more entrepreneurs help revive the heartland?
How do heartland communities looking to thrive energize entrepreneurship?
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Cease Fire: The Stories
Getting past being triggered in the debate over guns and public safety.
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In dealing with the Ogallala Aquifer, western Kansas is running out of water and time
In western Kansas, painful losses feel increasingly imminent. How will the people of Kansas respond?
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What would happen if everyone led on immigration?
The pilot episode of the When Everyone Leads podcast explores what it would look like for everyone to lead on the topic of immigration. The guest who brought the topic is Claudia Yaujar-Amaro, owner of the Wichita-based bilingual marketing and media company AB&C Bilingual Resources, LLC. The Kansas Leadership Center’s podcast, in its first season, asks guests to put a challenge to the center, which the…
Opinion: Thank you for being a part of The Journal in 2022
The purpose of this note is simple. I just want to say thank you. Thank you for reading The Journal, whether it was in print, at klcjournal.com, in the newsletter or through social media, Thank you for the way you’ve engaged in your community and worked to address tough address challenges there. The spirit of The Journal isn’t just to provide information. It’s to inform action,…
What did Journal readers want to read about in 2022? The economy.
The Journal covered a wide range of topics this past year, subjects that ran the gamut from the role of poll watchers in elections to honoring Black history in small-town Kansas. Several stories from 2021 drew sustained attention. They explored topics such as reckoning with a history of racist violence in Kansas and how school districts are coming to terms with Native American mascots. But one…
Remembering the work of Broderick Crawford, 1961-2022
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Winter 2017 edition of The Journal. Broderick Crawford died on Nov. 27 and a celebration of life service took place at the Victorious Life Church Dec. 10 in Kansas City, Missouri. Crawford was also a key source in The Journal’s coverage of health inequities illuminated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which was illustrated by the death of Brandon McCray,…
Clay target shooting brings kids and guns together for good
A young gunman’s appalling murder of 19 students and two teachers at a grade school in Uvalde, Texas, horrified Kansas teacher Victor Mercado and parent Matt Onofrio. Like so many, both miss the pre-Sandy Hook days when active shooter drills weren’t part of a student’s educational process. Both also hope people can look past such unspeakable tragedies and see the amount of good that can come…
Opinion: In Iran, unusual voices ring in the world’s ears
Daily Iranians are risking their life in a fight for their freedom. The movement, advanced by youth, is a fight for basic decision-making power. And, while women are at the core of the issue, their right to choose if, when, and why to wear a hijab, a head covering worn in public by Muslim women, is part of a larger move for freedom for Iran. As…