Game On: An Issue 7 Postmortem
Yesterday's Issue 7 vote was not a victory for sin tax opponents, by any means. But the tally was surprising in many ways.
Recipe for Redemption
Cleveland’s EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Institute seeks a new route for ex-convicts re-entering the workforce.
The Book Boys
The story of Cleveland's most reclusive bunch of bibliophiles, the Rowfant Club—and their affinity for medium-sized rodents.
Following the Money
It doesn’t sit well to find out that civic leaders, making more than $1.7 million in annual salaries and advocating that taxpayers pay $13 million a year for 20 years for sporting facilities, have only donated $20 to their cause.
A Sense of What a City Was: A History of Rust Belt Alt-Weeklies
The fast times and hard lives of alt-weekly newspapers in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati.
Boomerang
The longer I stayed away from Cleveland, the more I couldn’t stop thinking about the blank spot so close to where I started.
The Many Cities of Cleveland
Every place is composed of layers of mental places and historical spaces on top of the dirt and grass and wood and concrete.
Doing The Math on Issue 7
Why is Keep Cleveland Strong so aggressive--and so wrong--about the facility fee proposal?
The Talk of This Town
At the Ward 15 Democratic Club meeting on Saturday, Matt Zone explained that the day's debate on Issue 7, a ballot measure to extend a sin tax to pay for the city’s three professional sports stadiums, was a first.
Checking in with the “Keep Chief Wahoo” crowd
After decades of tiptoeing around Chief Wahoo fans, The Plain Dealer finally endorses a phasing out of the controversial Cleveland Indians' mascot. What do the Wahoo-ligans think?
The Great Lakes: Plans For The Next 100 Years
We have perhaps the most valuable resource on the planet -- a self-sustaining region -- and we've mostly ignored it. Local leaders and urbanists weigh in on why we should invest in the Great Lakes over the next century.
On Slogans and Songs: Come to Cleveland “Just Because”
The city of Cleveland is getting a new slogan -- no more "Cleveland Rocks." Dan McGraw has a few ideas on what Cleveland's new tagline should be.