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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 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.

Community Voices April 11, 2022 - 3:05 pm

Mark McCormick: High-profile law enforcement cases spotlight role of Kansas Fraternal Order of Police (Column)

by Mark McCormick, Kansas Reflector

“The FOP isn’t accountable to citizens yet wields enormous power to shield police officers from punishment for behavior that harms citizens,” Mark McCormick writes in this column for Kansas Reflector.

State Government January 30, 2022 - 10:51 pm

Kansas lawmakers rebrand complaints with public education in push for ‘school choice’

by Sherman Smith and Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Lawmakers in the Kansas House began laying the groundwork last week for redirecting taxpayer money from public to private schools by holding a two-hour hearing on complaints two parents have with diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Community Voices January 10, 2022 - 9:47 am

Mark McCormick: Does CRT make white students feel bad? Try being a Black student (Column)

by Mark McCormick, Kansas Reflector

“So much of the ever-changing debate about critical race theory — a term for an academic body of work not taught in K-12 public schools — centers the feelings of white students. We rarely seem concerned about how Black students have felt in public schools,” Mark McCormick writes in this column for Kansas Reflector.

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Community Voices June 8, 2021 - 8:20 am

Mark McCormick: What the Kansas attorney general needs to know about critical race theory (Column)

by Mark McCormick, Kansas Reflector

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

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