The Kansas City Defender @KCDefender

Black News, Politics, Arts & Culture kansascitydefender.com Kansas City, MO Joined November 2020

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Bret 🍉 @CinemarxismBret

3 weeks ago

Huge thank you to @FDsignifier for uplifting the @KCDefender documentary about St Louis' community response to the tornado. Watch the doc today! Link in replies!

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The Kansas City Defender @KCDefender

3 weeks ago

North St. Louis is in the middle of a climate warzone. A tornado wiped out 5,000+ homes. Black residents are fighting for survival. We documented the climate collapse, ICE kidnappings, and people fighting back in a city that sparked a global revolution. youtu.be/BhQjYxBcqxw

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Bret 🍉 @CinemarxismBret

3 weeks ago

Shoutout to everyone at the @KCDefender, including Ryan Sorrell and Tiffany Watts who wrote and reported this story and Mili Mansaray and Joshua Taylor who were incredibly insightful laying the groundwork behind the scenes. Shoutout to @Oni_Spumoni with this amazing edit!

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Bret 🍉 @CinemarxismBret

3 weeks ago

About a month ago, I spent a day in St Louis with @KCDefender documenting the mutual aid efforts that locals are still relying on 2 months after a tornado ripped through a 20 mile stretch of N STL, a historically black, redlined and systemically disadvantaged area of the city.

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𝔬𝔫𝔦 𝔰𝔭𝔲𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔦👹 @Oni_Spumoni

3 weeks ago

i edited this video with @KCDefender and footage shot by @CinemarxismBret about the aid crisis in St Louis following the tornado back in may. the effected areas were black neighborhoods which were utterly abandoned by the state pls give this a watch: youtu.be/BhQjYxBcqxw

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philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_

4 weeks ago

@mrstealyourwig1 I strongly urge you to read @CapitalBNews, @baltbeat, @guardian, @KCDefender, @SacObserver, @scalawagmag, @TheBWSTimes and more — they are all covering these issues

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Nieman Lab @NiemanLab

a month ago

The @KCDefender is fundraising to purchase the collection and turn it into a public archive, making “Miss Willa’s” bookstore space into its first-ever public headquarters. niemanlab.org/2025/07/missou…

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Celisa Calacal @celisa_mia

2 months ago

If you’re curious what I’ve been up to at KCUR, my latest story is a profile on the iconic Willa Robinson, the owner of Willa’s Books and Vinyl. kcur.org/arts-life/2025…

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Celisa Calacal @celisa_mia

2 months ago

Robinson has been collecting books by Black authors for decades. While she’s retiring and closing her shop, @KCDefender is giving it new life. kcur.org/arts-life/2025…