Black people are reported missing in higher numbers than white people relative to their population, according to recent data. Some families believe the newly reinstated Missing Persons Unit of the Kansas City Police Department isn’t doing enough to address that. Plus: how the University of Missouri is handling reports of immigration enforcement authorities picking up college students.

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