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Community Voices July 23, 2025 - 10:11 am

Letter to the Times: Why a KU professor includes her pronouns in her email signature

by Amii Castle

“Naming one’s pronouns does no harm to anyone, and it supports every KU student on campus,” Amii Castle, a KU professor, writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices July 22, 2025 - 3:55 pm

Letter to the Times: KU’s decisions on DEI, pronouns in emails are embarrassing, shameful

by Michael Amlung

“We should be ashamed of turning our backs on our colleagues and erasing their identities,” Michael Amlung writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices July 21, 2025 - 9:05 am

Kincaid Dennett: Program giving Lawrence police access to cameras needs review, transparency (Column)

by Kincaid Dennett

“We deserve public debate before we’re pulled into a nationwide experiment in pre-crime technology. And we deserve better than a surveillance rollout that hides behind the language of community safety,” Kincaid Dennett writes in this column.

Community Voices July 17, 2025 - 10:36 am

Max Kautsch: Largest Kansas counties grapple with closed-door meetings and public’s rights (Column)

by Max Kautsch, Kansas Reflector

“A majority of commissions for the five most populous counties in the state,” including Douglas, “recently fell short of providing the information legally required before entering executive session,” Max Kautsch writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

Community Voices July 14, 2025 - 9:33 am

Letter to the Times: City is obfuscating data, increasing debt

by Lawrence Community

“We believe it is disingenuous of the city to claim a static property mill levy while assessments increase year after year. And to anticipate those increases as a basis for more debt is foolish and shortsighted,” John Richardson and Deborah Snyder write in this letter.

Community Voices July 8, 2025 - 12:34 pm

Tai Amri Spann-Ryan: Lawrence organizations need to center healing in their work (Column)

by Tai Amri Spann-Ryan

“Our communities should not have to rest on one or two people. But what’s more, the fracturing has to end,” Tai Amri Spann-Ryan writes in this column.

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Community Voices July 5, 2025 - 10:09 am

Shawn Alexander: Whose history? Experiential knowledge takes us closer to the truth (Column)

by Shawn Alexander

“There is not one American experience! … Let us resist the persistent push to limit the narrative of our nation’s past,” Shawn Alexander writes in his latest column.

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Community Voices June 10, 2025 - 12:38 pm

Tom Harper: Community to gather in ‘precious love’ to celebrate the life of Rob Blank (Column)

by Tom Harper

The family of Rob Blank — “Peace Man” and “Precious Love” — wants to thank the Lawrence community for the love and support it gave Rob throughout his life. They’re planning a gathering in his memory next month, Tom Harper writes in this column.

Community Voices June 9, 2025 - 9:45 am

Clay Wirestone: Lawrence doesn’t hate immigrants enough. So the Trump administration plots vengeance. (Column)

by Clay Wirestone, Kansas Reflector

“The Trump administration has put my town — the place my family and I call home — on its hit list for a thought crime,” Clay Wirestone writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

Community Voices May 29, 2025 - 2:53 pm

Holly Krebs: Community members face challenges engaging with the city, researching the budget (Column)

by Holly Krebs, Coalition for Collaborative Governance

“Our coalition believes our community deserves the opportunity to provide more substantive feedback about our priorities for the city’s 2026 budget,” Holly Krebs, of the Coalition for Collaborative Governance, writes in this column.

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