Remember Me Different
Mrs. M would not be given the courtesy of a new lease, as the building had changed management. Cachet G! was closing. Cold and calculated gentrification.
Under Kaufmann’s Clock
On Families, Department Stores, and America
Overnight, the geese
A poem by Lex Vacilando.
An Auto Plant Becomes a State Park
“Green space is an equity issue... Part of environmental justice is making sure that everyone has access to the outdoors. It's important for physical health, it's important for mental health, and it's not a luxury—it's a human right.”
Land-Grant or Land Grab Universities?
Land-grant institutions are deeply ingrained into our everyday geographies, but as an Indigenous scholar, these places have a complicated legacy.
The daylight lost its foothold
A poem by Chris Carosi.
Fathers, Sons, and Notre Dame
His life span and mine, thus far, cover 133 years – 1889 to 2022 – and we, my father and I, shared the planet for only 29 of those years before his death.
Ohio in Toni Morrison’s Words
As much as Ohioans like me and others want to claim Morrison, her words belong to the world.
Ode to Cleveland
A poem by Ava O'Malley
Starstruck: An American Tale
A cut through the layers of America past and present in the historic steel town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
On the Post-Gazette Picket Line
Of course, the irony here is that 30 years ago, the Post-Gazette found itself in the midst of a similar strike. And it’s the only reason the Post-Gazette is still around today.
East Chicago’s Fiestas Patrias
Nearly a century of celebration for Indiana's growing Mexican community.