The U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay reached its shameful 20th anniversary this January. Its legacy is the detention of nearly 800 Muslim men and boys, most without charge or trial. Many have been tortured.
A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.
“We need innovation. We need new ideas,” so says State Sen. Caryn Tyson (R-Parker) as the Kansas Legislature begins a new session.
On January 15, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was leaving a planning meeting for the Poor People’s Campaign when he was called back into the room. It was his birthday - his last, it would turn out.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has done her part to offer a conciliatory message and hope of a bipartisan working relationship with Republican lawmakers in Topeka. Unfortunately, Republicans offer no indication they intend to meet the governor halfway.
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