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Lock Out the Establishment in Cleveland! Apr. 01, 2016
The Wisconsin primary could be an axle-breaking speed bump on Donald Trump's road to the nomination.... Read More
Paul Ryan's Road Ahead Mar. 31, 2016
Washington — The House Speaker, the honorable Paul Ryan, recently expressed his hope for a mor... Read More
How Racists Talk About Tamir Rice Dec. 30, 2015
A little time has passed since a grand jury in Cleveland refused to indict two white police officers... Read More
Cities Losing People, Not Brains Oct. 29, 2015
The population of New Orleans fell 7.3 percent after Hurricane Katrina, but guess what. NOLA now has... Read More
Cleveland Will Champion Our Cavaliers Jun. 17, 2015
For most of my life, I could not understand why anyone would hitch his or her identity to the win-lo... Read More
'I'm Going to March' May. 27, 2015
Last Sunday, 88-year-old Lois Mickey Nash sat in church as talk swirled around her about an upcoming... Read More
Waiting in Cleveland May. 06, 2015
For those who love Cleveland — and there are so many of us who do — the rampant speculat... Read More
Documentary on Kent State Shootings Resonates Today Apr. 29, 2015
As a '79 graduate of Kent State University, I was eager to watch PBS' new documentary on the 1970 ca... Read More
Go, Cavs, and Pass the Confetti Apr. 22, 2015
Now listen. We're not going to work ourselves into a tizzy here in Cleveland because a columnist in ... Read More
In Her Grief, Tamir Rice's Mother Stands Alone Mar. 04, 2015
Even when Samaria Rice is surrounded by others, as she was at Tuesday's news conference, she still s... Read More
A Racial Slur and Second Chances Feb. 25, 2015
Let's start at the beginning. A very good place to start. Last Sunday, Lady Gaga brought the Oscar c... Read More
Keep Talking, Andrew Hawkins Dec. 17, 2014
Last Sunday, before the game between the Cleveland Browns and the Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland wide... Read More
If Our Grief Were Colorblind Dec. 03, 2014
Hundreds showed up Wednesday morning for the funeral of 12-year-old Tamir Rice. Tamir was black, and... Read More
Our Gayest Summer Ever Aug. 13, 2014
Ten years after Ohio voters passed one of the worst anti-gay laws in the country, a downtown arena i... Read More
Race-Baiting for Life, Redux Jul. 30, 2014
The billboards loom over two of the poorest parts of Cleveland, in black neighborhoods that have yet... Read More
Cleveland Could Be Good for GOP, if ... Jul. 18, 2014
You needn't be clairvoyant to deduce what the Democratic Party wants to run on in 2016. It really do... Read More
Meet the New Cleveland Jul. 09, 2014
Greetings from Cleveland, the birthplace of Superman. You knew that, right? Please say yes. Like so ... Read More
Thank You, Washington Redskins Jun. 25, 2014
Increasingly in my travels, a person will discover I'm from Cleveland and want to talk about Chief W... Read More
The Meaning of Lila
Jun. 05, 2014
Underdog 1, Bully 0 Feb. 26, 2014
It's all too easy to find people willing to mistreat others because they can. It happens in restaura... Read More
