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Community Voices April 29, 2021 - 4:45 am

It’s Cody! Meet Lawrence Times columnist Cody Charles

by Codi 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.

Community Voices April 27, 2021 - 9:25 am

Justice Matters: Justice means leaving the status quo behind (Column)

by Deacon Godsey and Justin Jenkins, co-presidents, Justice Matters

Every spring the people of Justice Matters raise our collective voice in an effort to […]

Tom Harper/@lawrencemodern
Community Voices April 26, 2021 - 4:30 am

Tom Harper: Safe sidewalks are a worthwhile challenge (Column)

by Tom Harper

Recently I was walking in Old West Lawrence and came across a brick sidewalk renovation. […]

Community Voices April 21, 2021 - 1:53 pm

Will Averill: Kansas lawmakers must carefully begin addressing the coercion in domestic violence (Column)

by Will Averill, Kansas Reflector

“Coercive control is an integral part of the larger pattern of domestic violence” and addressing it is essential, Will Averill writes.

Community Voices April 21, 2021 - 1:36 pm

C. J. Janovy: Watch out, Kansas — your hard-hitting high school journalists are national leaders (Column)

by C.J. Janovy, Kansas Reflector

At Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, 41% of the students are afraid […]

Community Voices April 20, 2021 - 5:15 am

Kirsten Kuhn: Curbing overpolicing begins at City Hall (Column)

by Kirsten Kuhn, @KSLibertarians

“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.

Community Voices April 18, 2021 - 5:37 pm

Ryan Desch: Shortage of single-family homes in Lawrence is cause for alarm (Column)

by Ryan Desch

“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.

Community Voices April 15, 2021 - 11:07 pm

Colton Swaim: Don’t let the Kansas Legislature restrict our right to vote (Column)

by Colton Swaim

We know that the 2020 election was secure. Claims of fraud and abuse nationwide and […]

Community Voices April 10, 2021 - 5:20 pm

Letter to the Times: Lawrence should ban conversion therapy, but with detailed language

by Deacon Godsey, Lawrence

An open letter to the Lawrence City Commission: RE: the current proposal to ban the […]

Community Voices April 7, 2021 - 4:30 am

Kirsten Kuhn: With 8 words, Kansas bill has stripped constitutional rights (Column)

by Kirsten Kuhn, @KSLibertarians

“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.

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