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Michael Ryan

Michael Ryan is Executive Editor of The Heartlander. A Kansas City native, he’s been an award-winning reporter, editor and opinion writer at newspapers in Kansas, Missouri, Georgia and Texas.

National
Berkeley professor: Questioning whether men can get pregnant is dangerous. Sen. Josh Hawley responds

For just asking her who is capable of giving birth, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley was accused by a Berkeley professor this week of stoking violence and self-harm among… Read More

July 14, 2022
Pro-Life
Pro-life organizers explain Kansas’ misunderstood abortion amendment, plead for truthful reporting on it

Kansas gave Donald Trump around 57% of its votes in both 2016 and 2020. Yet, barring approval of a constitutional amendment Aug. 2, it could become one of… Read More

July 12, 2022
Pro-Life
Kansas pro-lifers fighting vandals, thieves, misinformation to restore abortion regulation authority to lawmakers Aug. 2

Kansas is suddenly ground zero in the abortion fight, and there’s a ground war to prove it: Supporters of the Aug. 2 amendment to allow regulation of abortion say their… Read More

July 6, 2022
2022 election
‘It’s going to be devastating’: Former user, experts, warn Missouri voters against legalizing high-potency marijuana

When Missouri voters likely vote on legalizing recreational marijuana later this year, will they know about its unprecedented strength and its growing ties to psychotic episodes, violence… Read More

July 5, 2022
2022 election
Buyer beware: As Missouri voters weigh recreational marijuana, its link to psychosis, violence and even mass shootings sounds alarms

Medical and legal experts see a growing and unmistakable link between high-potency marijuana and violence – including the explosion in mass shootings. Studies are showing it, and doctors, a lawyer… Read More

July 5, 2022