She spent time on the CIA payroll and a lifetime near power. Gloria Steinem died wealthy, surrounded by family and friends, ...

The first underground nuclear reactor in history is being drilled through the drinking water of Parsons, Kansas, to power AI ...

In the latest updates from the horrific ongoing investigation into Timothy Haslett Jr., The Defender has uncovered disturbing social media posts made by the kidnapper and sexual predator. In the ...

This article is the first release of Power Grab: A Kansas City Defender investigative series on data centers and the communities paying the price for the AI boom. The piece includes reporting ...

Brandon Calloway has heard more than three hundred pitches and helped move more than two million dollars into Black-owned businesses in Kansas City. Here, he opens the judges’ room and tells you ...

Brandon Calloway has heard more than three hundred pitches and helped move more than two million dollars into Black-owned ...

If you have been on the internet in the past few weeks, you have definitely heard of the recent developments in AI machinery, especially in AI-generated artwork. However, artists and creatives online ...

KC Daiquiri Shop, a beloved Black-owned restaurant known for its signature daiquiris and serving as a Black community hub, is closing its doors on December 1st. This marks the fifth Black-owned ...

Haiti’s revolutionary efforts to become the first Black republic caused them to become active participants in global decolonization efforts. Monument to the Heroes of Vertières, 2020. (Photograph by ...

On May 5th, 2022 Rezwan Kohistani’s body was found hanging in a baseball field at Webb City High School in Missouri. He was only 14 years old. On May 5th, 2022 Rezwan Kohistani’s body was found ...

COLUMBIA, MO – Students at University of Missouri are demanding the expulsion of white student Meg Miller, after she posted a horrifically violent white supremacist threat, thinly veiled as a joke, ...