In this episode, we begin our series on the school board race in Douglas County, Kanas with incumbent board member GR Gordon-Ross.

Looking to the past for perspective about the future may not always prove to be a useful endeavor, but there are times when the past has provided a legacy worth living up to. And in celebration of Indigenous People’s Day, we sit down with Haskell Indian Nations University’s Dr. Dan Wildcat to speak about the legacy of Hiawatha and his plans to bring issues of justice to the fore of community consciousness by creating a new center of Justice in Haskell's Hiawatha Hall.

In this episode, I sit down with Kansas Appleseed's Caleb Smith to discuss his work in advocating for fair maps as the Kanas Legislature considers whether current district lines should be redrawn. Our conversation explores the nature of political districts, moral considerations for fair maps, and how the census plays a role in how we are represented.