Luke X. Martin
Luke X. Martin is an assistant producer for KCUR's Up To Date.
Born in Manhattan, Kansas, and raised in Wichita, Luke fell in love with public radio listening to KMUW. He got his start pulling early morning DJ shifts at KJHK in Lawrence while he was a student at KU.
Luke was previously an intern for Up To Date, and joined the team as a producer in 2016. His work has appeared online for UPI.com,The Daily Caller,Politics DailyandThe Pitch.
He has a Master of Science degree from theMedillSchool of Journalism at Northwestern University. If you see him limping along a running trail in Kansas City or the suburbs, please offer him a drink of water or a high-five.
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Kansas City is no longer one of the only large cities in the country without a roadway named after Martin Luther King Jr.
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A soil collection ceremony on Saturday will honor the life of Levi Harrington, who was lynched in Kansas City 139 years ago. Will the event help foster reconciliation and a better understanding of past and present racial violence in Missouri?
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Cris Medina's impact on Kansas City's Latino community is difficult to overstate. He took over leadership of Guadalupe Centers in 1980, and oversaw the organization's tremendous growth.
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Derek Chauvin now faces murder charges for the death of George Floyd last May. For some activists in Kansas City, the trial's verdict could be an opportunity for justice, or a catalyst for further protest.
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After living the tiny house lifestyle in Florida and Texas, one couple has returned home to Kansas City with dreams of planting roots and creating their own minimalist-living paradise.
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Whether they were on the financial edge before or not, Kansas Citians agree the stimulus payments are a welcome, and needed, relief.
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Authorities in Georgia have said it's too early determine if a string of killings there was motivated by race, but some Asian Americans see a clear connection to this country's history of discrimination.
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Kansas City And Area Municipalities Have Plans For Their Share Of $1.9 Trillion In Coronavirus RelieUnlike the last time local governments got federal relief funding, cities and towns will receive direct aid from the federal government. The new approach could ease political tensions and budgetary woes.
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As more Americans go without enough food during the coronavirus pandemic, one East Community nonprofit is trying to fill a gap in the city's urban core. It's the brainchild of the late local lawmaker Carol Coe.
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After years of back and forth, Kansas City remains one of the only large cities without a roadway named after the slain civil rights leader. Officials hope to resolve the distinction by mid-2021.