The idea of a Rotary Club going to court is unsettling and almost subtly ironic. These organizations are founded on camaraderie, kindness, and selfless service. Every banner has the motto, which is repeated at every gathering and is practically considered scripture. It was therefore more than just a legal dispute when five former members of the Rotary Club of Kampala Ssese Islands filed an application at Uganda’s High Court in Kampala. It was an indication that something had gone horribly wrong. The applicants, which include attorneys Ronald Samuel Wanda and Robert Byamukama as well as Nelson Turyatemba, John Martin Sekwe,…
Author: Sierra Foster
Sierra Foster
Born in Kansas City, Sierra Foster writes about politics and serves as Senior Editor at kbsd6.com. She was raised paying attention to this city, not just living in it. Sierra has a strong, deep connection to Kansas City, from the neighborhoods east of Troost to the discussions that take place in the city hall halls. Sierra, who is presently enrolled at the University of Kansas to pursue a degree in Political Science, applies the rigor of academic study to her journalism. She writes about politics in Missouri and Kansas as someone who genuinely cares about what happens to the people in these communities—the policies that impact them, the leaders who represent them, and the civic forces influencing their futures—rather than as an outsider watching from a distance. Her editorial coverage encompasses state-level policy, local government, and the national political currents that permeate bi-state regional life. Whether it's a city council vote or a Senate race, she has a special gift for turning complex policy language into writing that feels urgent, relatable, and worthwhile. Sierra seldom sits still off the page. She claims that playing soccer on a regular basis has sharpened her instincts for political reporting because of the sport's teamwork, strategy, and requirement to read a changing game in real time. She's probably somewhere in Kansas City with her friends when she's not writing or on the pitch, discovering new reasons to adore a city she already knows so well.
The concept seems almost counterintuitive. A rodent, rather than a federal infrastructure project or a billion-dollar engineering solution, gives a river in east-central Utah that is cracked and gasping due to drought a new lease on life. A rodent with a flat tail, buck teeth, and the ability to build dams, it was regarded as an annoyance in most of its habitats until recently. This is the tale of what has been happening along Utah’s Price River since 2019, when a group of Utah State University researchers started a low-key experiment to see what would happen if displaced beavers were…
Paleontologists discovered something deep within a limestone cave close to Waitomo on the North Island of New Zealand that subtly altered the discourse surrounding one of the planet’s most remote ecosystems. bones. Many of them. Sealed between two layers of volcanic ash like pages in an old book, they were ancient, delicate, and crammed into a deposit that remained undisturbed for about a million years. Remains from twelve bird species and four frog species are included in the discovery, which is the first significant collection of terrestrial vertebrate fossils from this era in New Zealand’s history. It’s a remarkably comprehensive…
A tarp hung over the Kennedy Center’s facade for almost ten days following the passing of a federal judge’s deadline, like a response that no one wanted to provide. On the evening of June 13, workers had taken Donald Trump’s name off the building’s exterior. However, scaffolding was erected that same day rather than allowing the public to see the bare marble. The tarp arrived next. It remained there. The Kennedy Center itself was not the source of the images that ultimately revealed what lay beneath. They originated from Hands Off the Arts, an activist organization that Mallory Miller, a…
Three weeks remained on Damon Landor’s sentence. For three weeks. He was almost through it all. He had served his time for a drug-related offense, maintained his faith, and kept his dreadlocks, which were worn uncut as a Rastafarian vow of spiritual devotion. After that, everything drastically changed when he was moved to the Raymond Laborde Correctional Center in Louisiana. Landor arrived with paperwork, worried that the new facility might not respect what the old one had. A 2017 court decision mandated that Louisiana’s Department of Corrections honor Rastafarian religious customs. He gave it to a guard at the intake.…
A Gaithersburg Holiday Inn most likely had no idea that it would become a scene from American political history. However, on a Tuesday night, shortly after 11 p.m., Representative April McClain Delaney entered a room that was still crowded with supporters, grinned wearily, and said, “I’m feeling good — are you feeling good?” The audience responded. The race had not yet been officially announced outside. However, something had already changed. While classic rock music played overhead, David Trone’s supporters gathered at a Frederick brew pub a few miles away, picking at appetizers. On his end, the large screens that had…
Witnessing a family member become ill while incarcerated in a federal facility causes a specific kind of grief. The grief of waiting, filing paperwork, and picking up legal vocabulary you never would have needed is a slower kind of grief than the clear grief of loss. The term “compassionate release” comes late, is not fully understood, and carries a great deal of weight for many families. In its most basic form, it is a legal mechanism that permits a federal court to lower a prison sentence in cases of exceptional circumstances. a severe disease. old age. A family crisis that…
In military circles, the majority of people have seen this picture at least once. It depicts a general boarding a C-17 cargo aircraft at Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 30, 2021, as seen through night vision goggles. The picture is grainy and green, and night vision always makes things appear a little surreal. General Chris “C.D.” Donahue is the man in the picture. After almost two decades of fighting, he was the final American soldier to depart Afghanistan. Less than five years later, he is quitting the Army itself, but not quietly or on his own terms. Donahue left…
What Dairy Queen is doing this summer has a subtle sense of ambition. The majority of fast-food restaurants follow the formula, such as a limited-edition caramel drizzle or a seasonal berry swirl. However, it seems like someone on their product team took a chance with the new Dairy Queen Blizzard flavors that are currently available on menus. It remains to be seen if that gamble will be profitable. The three new Blizzard additions will be released under what DQ is referring to as a “Blizzard Treat Cup” lineup, coinciding with America’s 250th anniversary and the excitement surrounding the World Cup…
A legal battle that starts with a diet soda and concludes in a federal courtroom in Washington is subtly illuminating. This week, US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that the Trump administration had overreached itself by permitting five states to prohibit SNAP recipients from using their food benefits to purchase sugary drinks and candies. The decision was a major setback for the “Make America Healthy Again” campaign, which was spearheaded by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The SNAP restrictions were presented by both officials as common sense: why should taxpayer…