The Lawrence Times runs opinion columns written by community members with varying perspectives on local issues. Occasionally, we’ll also pick up columns from other nearby news outlets. These pieces do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Times staff.
The Lawrence Times does not publish staff editorials (unsigned opinion columns, usually about the topics we cover, that many news publications run).
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OPINION COLUMNS
Julie Burkhart: Why I want to talk about abortion in Kansas on Mother’s Day (Column)
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Paul Samberg: Why Kansas conservatives should support eliminating cash bail (Column)
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Shannon Portillo: Colleges should not cut DEI staff if they want to retain faculty of color (Column)
“I will not stay silent as numbers of tenured faculty continue to decrease and diversity, equity and inclusion staff get pushed to the margins,” Shannon Portillo writes.
It’s Cody! Meet Lawrence Times columnist Cody Charles
“I’ve chosen to spend my energy protecting, advocating for, loving on, breathing life into and creating possibility for quite frankly the most brilliant, the bravest, the baddest Blackest queerest people on earth,” Cody Charles writes.
Sydney Studer: Diary of a COVID long-hauler, Chapter 4 (Column)
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Tom Harper: Safe sidewalks are a worthwhile challenge (Column)
Recently I was walking in Old West Lawrence and came across a brick sidewalk renovation. […]
Introducing Ask Cody, with Cody Charles (Column)
You have an opportunity to ask Cody interesting, weird and dynamic questions.
Will Averill: Kansas lawmakers must carefully begin addressing the coercion in domestic violence (Column)
“Coercive control is an integral part of the larger pattern of domestic violence” and addressing it is essential, Will Averill writes.
C. J. Janovy: Watch out, Kansas — your hard-hitting high school journalists are national leaders (Column)
At Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, 41% of the students are afraid […]
Kirsten Kuhn: Curbing overpolicing begins at City Hall (Column)
“Ordinances that criminalize poverty, status and culture enable police to target disenfranchised and vulnerable communities. Stripping these ordinances from the books is the most basic way to reduce the frequency of police encounters that could result in a tragedy,” Kirsten Kuhn writes.
Ryan Desch: Shortage of single-family homes in Lawrence is cause for alarm (Column)
“It may sound like hyperbole at first, but if the current real estate trends in Lawrence continue at the current pace, soon it may be nearly impossible to buy a single-family home in Lawrence for less than $200,000,” Ryan Desch writes.
Sydney Studer: Diary of a COVID long-hauler, Chapter 3 (Column)
3: Running for — and from — a cure In my quest for healing, I […]
Colton Swaim: Don’t let the Kansas Legislature restrict our right to vote (Column)
We know that the 2020 election was secure. Claims of fraud and abuse nationwide and […]
Kirsten Kuhn: With 8 words, Kansas bill has stripped constitutional rights (Column)
“Just go ahead and throw out your copies of the Constitution,” Kirsten Kuhn writes as a bill suspends statutory speedy trial rights in Kansas until May 2023.
Kevin Boatright: In Kansas, the arts remain grievously underfunded by the state (Column)
“Feb. 7, 2011 — the day Brownback abolished the Kansas Arts Commission — was a setback for the arts in Kansas and an embarrassment for the state nationally,” Kevin Boatright writes.
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