Discover new Kansas City Star Opinion voices, expanded columns, community writers and ways to join the conversation. From ...

"I tell stories on how faith, ethics and values keep a city whole when it is tested." ...

I amplify the voices in the Kansas City area and analyze systemic barriers to public accountability for the sake of social ...

Black comic book creators have gained great popularity, and a local comic creator makes space to show off KC's talented ...

"I want the column to feel like a dialogue with readers, not a lecture." ...

Online, most local TV news stations have garnered a greater share of the doom-scrolling crowd and with the exception of one public TV weekly show . . . The impact of a newspaper story CLEARLY doesn't ...

The Star's opinion editor, Yvette Walker, explains how she approaches her work: "A city can thrive and it can fall based on its people, policy and politics. And so, I believe in honest storytelling ...