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Shhh, White People, Listen Jun. 05, 2020
One morning earlier this week, my friend Kate and I were walking through our Cleveland neighborhood ... Read More
Here We Are Again, This Time in Minneapolis May. 28, 2020
And so here we are again. Another black man, unarmed and defenseless, is dead at the hands of a whit... Read More
Personal Mantras and Racial Realities May. 02, 2019
We're in the last week of the semester here at Kent State, when graduating seniors have reached the ... Read More
Perhaps You Remember Tamir Rice May. 31, 2017
Well, that's it then. That's it for Tamir Rice. Finally — 2 1/2 years after the 12-year-old bl... Read More
Cleveland Police Union Chief's Rhetoric Is a Growing Danger Apr. 27, 2016
There is a stain darkening the city of Cleveland, and it is threatening to leach so many good intent... Read More
I Feel Like I Am Going to Have a Heart Attack Jan. 08, 2016
I never thought I'd live to be this old (52). I never thought that, if I lived to be this old, I'd s... 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
Shots in the Park Dec. 02, 2015
After Officer Timothy Loehmann fatally shot a 12-year-old boy named Tamir Rice at a Cleveland park i... Read More
Moving Forward From Ferguson, One Year Later Aug. 11, 2015
Late last month, speaking to a National Urban League audience, Democratic presidential candidate Hil... 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
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
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
