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'Anchor Babies' Are a Mythnew
This soon-to-be-deported family proves that "anchor babies" are a myth.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
01-26-2011 |
Immigration
As Honeywell Closes a Kansas City Plant, Workers are Dealing with the Fatal Aftereffectsnew
The U.S. Department of Labor maintains a list of 785 toxic substances verified as having been used at the site, which will soon be abandoned. But people have been abandoned, too: former workers who live with chronic pain, who struggle to breathe or who have died.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
11-24-2009 |
Business & Labor
Freed After 24 Years of False Imprisonment, Darryl Burton Forgives Younew
Burton didn't just survive prison -- he met other innocents there, too, victims of a flawed justice system. Now, he says, it's his calling to do something about it.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
09-29-2009 |
Crime & Justice
She Survived a Rape and Stabbing 10 Years Ago, and So Did Her Casenew
Recounting the story to The Pitch is like putting a period at the end of a decade of victimhood. Maybe talking about it will help other victims, she says, let them know "they can still live -- well." And maybe, she says, there's still a chance to catch the fucker who did it.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
08-25-2009 |
Crime & Justice
It's a Dirty Job Nabbing Horny Guys in the Park, But Somebody's Gotta Do Itnew
The Kansas City Police Department's vice squad spends a couple of days a month conducting covert stings to ferret out men seeking sex in public parks. When things go right, the job is predictable.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
07-14-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Missouri's Death Penalty May Not Outlive Dennis Skillicorn Very Longnew
Two bills in Missouri's Legislature have proposed a moratorium on the death penalty and a review board to examine issues such as cost, fairness and the risk of wrongful execution.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
05-19-2009 |
Crime & Justice
At Fort Leavenworth, Officers Are Marching on the Blogospherenew
Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell, who oversees the Army's Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, decided last year to make media savvy a requirement for graduation. Each war-college student must complete a course of "strategic communication" in order to graduate.
Home Sweet Parking Lotnew
When a workingman doesn't have a home in Johnson County, a Wal-Mart parking lot is the next best thing.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
09-09-2008 |
Housing & Development
Did the Kansas City Fire Department Hide the Positive Drug Test of One of Its Own?new
Anthony Mots was driving the firetruck that killed Aaron Becerra. Afterward, Mots' brothers in the department rallied to defend him.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
07-16-2008 |
Crime & Justice
A Biologist Exposes the Dangers of bisphenol A and Earns the Wrath of the Plastic Industrynew
Missouri biologist Frederick vom Saal's willingness to speak frankly about his findings is alarming to the top five makers of bisphenol A: Dow Chemical, Bayer Material Science, Sunoco Chemicals, SABIC Innovative Plastics and Hexion Specialty Chemicals. And now, after years of quietly publishing studies in scientific journals and presenting papers at toxicological conventions, he is starting to be heard.
What's the Real Story Behind Increased Air Travel Delays?new
The feds blame the weather for flight delays and cancellations, but real authorities -- air traffic controllers -- have another, scarier explanation.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
10-23-2007 |
Business & Labor
Growing Up Gangsternew
The acquittal of Jawanza Brown turned into a trial of living in the inner city.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
05-08-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Cop who Killed a Murder Casenew
Officer Danny Holmes says a supervisor made him lie -- but KCPD brass say he bungled a murder investigation.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
03-27-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
T-Shirt Tombstonesnew
Shirts memorializing young, black murder victims are everyday wear on K.C.'s east side.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
11-13-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
