Ask Cody: Are you a boy or a girl? (Column)
This week’s question was not submitted through the Ask Cody account. It was asked in person, during one of the most important events of my life. “Are you a boy or a girl?”
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Michelle Gonzales: Why the mother of a woman who killed her rapist isn’t happy with an ‘extraordinary’ settlement (Column)
“I am the mother of Sarah Gonzales-McLinn, the 19-year-old woman who killed Hal Sasko in 2014. … To imply that my daughter’s sentence was cut in half is misleading,” Michelle Gonzales writes in this column.
Steve Devore: To help prevent suicide, Kansas youths created these messages of love and reassurance (Column)
“As my team at Kansas Suicide Prevention HQ looks back at the wonderful success of the 2021 Youth Art Contest, we are overwhelmed by the love, support, and care that these students embedded into their works of art,” Steve Devore writes.
Patrick Wilbur: City of Lawrence should pass savings on to taxpayers (Column)
“An increased tax burden has very real implications. The ongoing effort to address affordable housing issues will be dented as struggling homeowners will be pushed out of ownership and renters will see increased pass-through costs as well,” Patrick Wilbur writes in this column.
Kimberly Lopez: Maybe I will just wear jeans (Column)
“Everything has only gotten more complicated since I’ve stumbled out of the closet, and I’ve realized there are new and dreadful ways that society at large perceives a body like mine,” Kimberly Lopez writes in this column.
Mackenzie Clark / The Lawrence Times
Valdez, Sternberg: Why the Douglas County DA and a defense attorney took an extraordinary step in Sarah Gonzales-McLinn’s murder case (Column)
“Because this case is closed, we ethically can address misconceptions that have arisen from a misguided narrative based on supposition and speculation,” Douglas County DA Suzanne Valdez and defense attorney Jonathan Sternberg write in this column.
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C.J. Janovy: What I learned on my pilgrimage to the U.S. Center Chapel in Kansas (Column)
C.J. Janovy writes about what she learned on her trip to Lebanon, Kansas, “site of the Jeep commercial in which Bruce Springsteen begged Americans to walk back their fury at each other and find common ground,” in her last column for The Kansas Reflector.
Kirsten Kuhn: Civil asset forfeiture is true highway robbery (Column)
“Through civil asset forfeiture, police may seize any property or money that they can claim may be connected to an alleged crime,” Kirsten Kuhn writes.
Jameelah Jones: Symbols of justice and freedom aren’t enough (Column)
“As of June 18, 2021, Juneteenth is recognized as a national holiday. But the end of slavery was also a sweeping national declaration, and yet the material conditions of Black people were left largely unimproved,” Jameelah Jones writes.
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LarryvilleLife: Free State Festival 2021 preview — Let’s all go to the movies
Let’s take a brief look at each evening’s film along with a few other short statements submitted by Free State Festival participants.
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