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Community Voices September 11, 2022 - 10:46 am

Mark McCormick: The fight against women’s erasure continues after Aug. 2 abortion vote (Column)

by Mark McCormick, Kansas Reflector

”No way we men will ever find our bodies managed and directed the way society seems to want to do for women,” Mark McCormick writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

Community Voices July 10, 2022 - 4:31 am

Max Kautsch: Getting logrolled? Legislator survey exposes weakness in Kansas constitutional limit on bundling (Column)

by Max Kautsch, Kansas Reflector

The Kansas Reflector welcomes opinion pieces from writers who share our goal of widening the […]

Lawrence news July 4, 2022 - 11:44 am

Kansas House Democrats: ‘Regressive politics’ drive young people to leave the state

by Lily O'Shea Becker, Kansas Reflector

“… Legislators are like, ‘Why are young people leaving Kansas?’ And then all of us say, ‘Regressive politics,’ and then they just ignore it, and then continue their attack,” Democratic Rep. Rui Xu says.

Community Voices June 19, 2022 - 3:26 pm

Mark McCormick: This Juneteenth, let’s redefine freedom as parity (Column)

by Mark McCormick, Kansas Reflector

“Parity offers the truer path to freedom for African Americans and to a healthier democracy. Juneteenth’s emancipation remembrance merely marks the first step,” Mark McCormick writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

Lawrence news June 13, 2022 - 10:02 am

University of Kansas athletics administrator taking run at Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Paul Buskirk, academic support director in the athletics department at KU, said members of his family had always been engaged in service, whether as a teacher, doctor, pastor or in other ways.

Community Voices June 12, 2022 - 10:54 am

Max Kautsch: With open government on the line, we’re calling Kansas legislators to account (Column)

by Max Kautsch, Kansas Reflector

“Kansas voters cannot allow our elected leaders to avoid this crucial issue. … After all, if elected leaders are not sensitive to the concerns of their voters, why should they remain in office?” Max Kautsch, president of the Kansas Coalition for Open Government, writes in this column for Kansas Reflector.

Community Voices May 23, 2022 - 6:00 am

Huascar Medina: Anti-immigrant law motivated by xenophobia and racism makes Kansas less welcoming (Column)

by Huascar Medina, Kansas Reflector

“In 70 days, the state of Kansas was able to endanger and alienate immigrants, their families, friends and allies by embracing white supremacist ideologies like xenophobia and racism,” Huascar Medina writes in this column for Kansas Reflector.

Community Voices May 19, 2022 - 1:28 pm

Clay Wirestone: Simple reforms could make the Kansas Legislature more transparent; leaders don’t want that (Column)

by Clay Wirestone, Kansas Reflector

“Each time journalists point out how bad things are (with transparency in the Legislature), we hear a few shocked exclamations. Then everything falls back into familiar patterns, only worse,” Clay Wirestone writes in this column for Kansas Reflector.

Community Voices May 14, 2022 - 6:00 am

Clay Wirestone: Abortion rights are in peril in Kansas and the U.S.; shock and outrage won’t change that (Column)

by Clay Wirestone, Kansas Reflector

“Those who believe passionately in abortion rights will … need to build a movement sturdy, motivated and well-funded enough to battle for decades to come,” Clay Wirestone writes in this column for Kansas Reflector.

Community Voices May 6, 2022 - 8:42 am

Kate Queram: The wholly unsurprising fate of Roe v. Wade (Column)

by Kate Queram, Kansas Reflector

“Anti-abortion politicians do not care … about your baby. Their chosen moniker is ‘pro-life,’ but it is far more accurate to label them ‘pro-birth,’” Kate Queram writes in this column for States Newsroom.

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