by Alecia Taylor | Nov 2, 2026 | elections, Gerrymandering, Kansas City, Missouri, News, Voting Rights
On the weekends, Terri Craddock-Moore religiously reads her local newspaper, trying to keep up with what’s happening in her district. She has spent the past few months watching the back-and-forth over Missouri’s new Republican-drawn congressional map and the fallout in U.S. Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver II’s 5th District. While she felt clear about her choices after studying voting guides…
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by Chris Walker | Feb 2, 2026 | Department of Homeland Security, Donald Trump, immigration, Kansas City, mass deportations, News
The Trump administration is purchasing warehouses across the U.S. with the intention of converting them into immigration jails as the White House expands its brutal immigration crackdown. At least seven sites being looked at by the administration could be used to imprison 7,500 people or more, with some sites coming close to a 10,000-person figure. All told, the 23 warehouse sites being…
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