Apathy is costing us our democracy, in Kansas and the U.S. Participation is the necessary antidote. - Newton Kansan

Apathy is costing us our democracy, in Kansas and the U.S. Participation is the necessary antidote. - Newton Kansan

By: Mark McCormick Municipal officials from Overland Park, Leawood and Johnson County gathered on a cold Friday morning recently, dedicating new signage framing an ugly past. A Johnson County resident had discovered an “N-word” Creek on old maps and reached out to them. For the historically uninitiated, Johnson County offered an early stage for the nation’s unfolding Civil War drama. Kansas free soil advocates fought Missouri slavers over popula…