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To the editor: Wealth inequality in the United States has reached levels that should concern every American. While millions of working families struggle to afford housing, healthcare, childcare and higher education, a small percentage of the population continues to accumulate enormous wealth ...
To the editor: In the sixty seconds it takes to carry a shopper’s groceries to their car from our local food bank, I learn plenty. “My back is going out. It’s been a day,” the woman offered while I slid her box of produce into her trunk. “If you don’t mind, what do you do?” I ...
To the editor: I am deeply disappointed by the Kansas Legislature’s recent decision to prohibit all content relating to diversity, equity and inclusion from required courses in our colleges and universities. The consequences of this legislation, if not its intent, are anti-democratic, ...
To the editor, Our country was never perfect, but it was good, and now it isn’t. Our president has used his power and influence to mock our country and its citizens, to identify and eliminate cherished ideals, traditions and institutions, and to laugh while he plays with us. It feels like ...
To the editor: Just when you think the Current Occupant has reached rock bottom, he does something to prove you wrong. The most recent occurrence is the creation, with the assistance of the acting attorney general, of a $1.776 billion slush fund to pay individuals who were charged with federal ...
To the editor: There is a new playbook in Kansas to end abortion rights: change the way we select our Supreme Court. If you have been listening you have heard how voting “yes” on the Aug. 4 amendment will “return the Supreme Court to the people,” “restore democracy,” and the ...