Kindergarten’s Overlooked Absenteeism Problem
By Patrick O’Donnell, The 74 This story first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education. Sign up for free newsletters from The 74 to get more like this in your inbox. Gabrielle...
View ArticleCleveland Hopes New Factory Will Bring Affordable Housing, New Jobs and...
By Molly Wilson “The only way you could tell this home was modular is this little line here,” said John Litten, president and CEO of Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity. Standing in one of the...
View ArticleCleveland Police Stop and Search Black Drivers at Higher Rates Despite DOJ...
By Mark Puente, The Marshall Project, Sarah Buduson & News 5 Cleveland A review of 17,000 Cleveland police stops shows Black people are searched three times as often, yet White people have...
View ArticleExploring LGBTQ+ Cleveland With Elders in Mind
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View ArticleBlack Mayors: Changemakers in America’s Urban Sphere
Black mayors have played a transformational role in American politics. From the moments of their earlier ascendancy in the 1960’s through the 1980’s, Black Mayors, in what would come to be classified...
View ArticleThere Is No Off-Season for the NFL, Including Its Inspire Change Program
— It has been said that the NFL doesn’t really have an off-season. Nothing illustrates this better than the fact that April’s NFL Draft has become a three-day prime time must-see-TV event. It is the...
View ArticleWhat Your Life as a Global Expat Means for Your Children
“So, where are you from?” This innocuous question isn’t easy for everyone to answer. My birth country is England, but I’m definitely not British, and only after we moved to Spain did my earliest...
View ArticleHow Josh Gordon Finally Got it Right
Editor’s Note: This piece was originally published on December 22, 2018, when Josh Gordon took his leave from the NFL. It was not the first time we wrote about Josh Gordon and his struggles. Back in...
View ArticleReturning an Adopted Child: A True Story
An Ohio family “returned” their adopted son after nine years. Brent Almond takes issue with that. — I had seen the headlines about a couple “returning” their adopted son after nine years, and I had...
View ArticleDOJ’s Police Reports Disconnected from Fatal Incidents
More atrocious than what was actually stated in the Department of Justice’s report on the Baltimore Police Department – confirmed within the document were the suspicions that black citizens, maligned...
View ArticleWhy Every City Should be Cleveland
Embed from Getty Images Every sports town should take a page out of the Cleveland playbook for who they are at heart – believers. — As confetti filtered streets are slowly swept and Cuyahoga County...
View ArticleDelegates Meet Destiny in Cleveland
Embed from Getty Images After Brexit, we know that current voter outrage can produce shocking results. Here’s hoping then, that RNC delegates vote their conscience in Cleveland, and dump Trump. — On...
View ArticleFive New Year’s Resolutions For The Political Media
Here’s how the political media can do better in 2016. Another year has come and gone, and like everyone else our political media was far from perfect in 2015. This isn’t anyone’s fault, after all...
View ArticleThe Decision II: The Torment is LeBron
Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James will probably resign with his hometown team, but as the city will tell you, nothing is guaranteed in the Cleveland. — It was February 6, 2013 and an especially...
View ArticleSo . . . This Happened: Three Things in Sports (Jan. 19, 2015 Edition)
Our Monday sports round-up features the epic Green Bay collapse in Seattle, New England pasting the not-ready-for-their-closeup-yet Colts, and King James hating on his coach. ♦♦♦ 1. The Epic Green...
View ArticleSo . . . This Happened. Three Things in Sports (Dec. 15, 2014 Edition)
Our weekly Monday sports round-up features three-time ‘So . . .This Happened’ Featuree Odell Beckham Jr., Johnny Manziel being shown the money (but not how he imagined) in his starting debut, and a...
View ArticleWhat You Learn When Teaching For America
Teach for America corp member Martin Byrne discovers his true potential with the help of 40 Cleveland students. — “When you join Teach for America, you teach for America!” – Wesley Byrne If a...
View ArticleLeBron James is Walkin’ the Walk
Liam Day explains why so many NBA fans just can’t help but hate the Miami Heat’s superstar. LeBron James has done it again. For the second year in a row his Miami Heat are NBA Champions. And he has a...
View ArticleA Reel Education: What My Father Taught Me at the Movies
I’ve learned the most from my dad when we’re sitting in the dark with our mouths closed, my head on his shoulder as the opening credits flicker into place. — My father and I are serious about...
View ArticleGhettotainment: Charles Ramsey and the Rise of Racial Tourism
Nico Lang wonders if the real reason we’re interested in Charles Ramsey is not because he’s a hero, but rather because he confirms our stereotype of the “hilarious Black neighbor.” Have you heard of...
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