Author: Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga
Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga
has 4.4% among authors.
BS Score: 1.2%.
Articles analyzed: 7.
Words analyzed: 27,600.
Analyzed articles
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
- By Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga
- 6/25/2026, 6:48 PM
Appeal to Emotion 17% - Availability Heuristic 16% - Quote-first Misdirection 15.7%
Despite the gloomy forecast, the Netherlands-Tunisia match kicked off as scheduled at 6 p.m. Thursday at Arrowhead Stadium, with the Dutch national team beating Tunisia 3-1. Rain fell for nearly the entirety of the match. Forecasts call for heavy rain, flash flooding and thunderstorms. The National Weather Service says rainfall and... more
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
- By Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga
- 6/23/2026, 8:00 AM
Optimism Bias 15.4% - Negativity Bias 12.6% - Framing Effect 8.7%
Kansas hospitals are creating mobile maternal health clinics and using AI to prevent chronic illness in kids with new federal grant money aimed at increasing healthcare access to rural residents. The Rural Health Transformation Program is a five-year federal initiative signed into law by President Donald Trump. Part of its purpose is to... more
KCUR
- By Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga
- 6/11/2026, 9:00 AM
Negativity Bias 24.5% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 18.6% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 13%
More rural Kansas hospitals are at risk of immediate closure than in any other state. That’s according to a recent report by the non-profit policy organization Centers for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. It found that out of the about 100 rural Kansas hospitals analyzed, 69 are at risk of closure and 28 are at immediate risk.... more
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
- By Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga
- 6/8/2026, 9:00 AM
Negativity Bias 18.9% - Anecdotal 15.2% - Availability Heuristic 14.7%
Nurses at Research Medical Center in southern Kansas City say although the hospital no longer operates a labor and delivery unit, pregnant patients still show up in the emergency room, some under the impression the department still exists. “We have patients that have given birth to their previous children at this hospital and they... more
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
- By Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga
- 5/12/2026, 8:00 AM
Appeal to Emotion 19.9% - Appeal to Authority 10.3% - Optimism Bias 6.3%
When Amy Trollinger isn’t driving her Toyota Corolla, she drives white rental van. Not just for fun, but because she needs lots of room to accommodate giant coolers full of frozen breast milk. Trollinger works for the Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition, a nonprofit aimed at promoting and supporting breastfeeding. Once a month, she and her... more
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
- By Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga
- 4/7/2026, 8:00 AM
Framing Effect 11.4% - Appeal to Authority 11.4% - Optimism Bias 10.6%
PITTSBURG, Kansas — A chorus of tiny “ewwws” echoes down a hallway at the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas’ John U. Parolo Education center. Donned in safety goggles, disposable gloves and miniature, white lab coats, about a dozen kids crowd around tables in a classroom. “It smells disgusting,” a kid declares. “It’s so scary!”... more
KCUR
- By Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga
- 3/31/2026, 9:00 AM
Negativity Bias 20.8% - Framing Effect 18.3% - Hasty Generalization 16.3%
Hours after Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill aimed at protecting crisis pregnancy centers, Republican lawmakers reversed the veto, citing a desire to preserve life in the state. Republican lawmakers in Kansas say they overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto on a bill that protects crisis pregnancy centers late last week... more