Remembering Hough, Fifty Years Later
On a humid Thursday night, Clevelanders packed into The Happy Dog, a bar and hot dog joint on the east side of city. They ordered beers and searched for stools.
What’s A University For? Case Western Suddenly Shuts Down To House Riot Police
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) prides itself on being the leading research university in Northeast Ohio. Imagine my surprise, then, when [...]
Walking to Cleveland: Part three of four
I stayed in Toledo an extra day to attend a Black Lives Matter rally but I wasn't sure I was going to make it. I thought I might be spending the night in the hospital.
Walking to Cleveland: Part two of four
I want to believe people are good. And for the most part, as I walk from Detroit to Cleveland, they have been good to me.
When Cleveland Became a “Convention City”
In June 1924, thousands flocked to Cleveland as visitors and delegates to the 18th Republican National Convention. The newly-built Public Auditorium echoed with speeches and rousing patriotic tunes led by John Philip Sousa.
RNC Watch
It has been an awful week in the U.S. -- a week of murder, anger, anguish, fear, and a [...]
Agony In The Garden: A Lapsed Catholic Ex-Pat’s Field Guide To Our Lady Of Lourdes National Shrine And Grotto
Parishes in the Diocese of Cleveland, and other places, have disappeared or combined, as have a number of non-diocesan Catholic high schools and religious communities.
Belt’s RNC in the CLE
Bringing you unique, Cleveland-centric coverage of the RNC.
Walking to Cleveland: Part one of four
"I'm walking to Cleveland, the city, so I can talk to people along the way about what their hopes and dreams are for the country. There's a big gathering of people there, called the Republican National Convention, and they are about to elect Donald Trump to be their presidential candidate. He's said some real nasty things about some people and I want to know if they're true and if other people believe them too."
Don’t Use the Term Alt-Right To Refer to White Supremacists
The first time I heard the term "alt-right" was this spring, when a writer pitched an article for Belt that would follow an alt-right group planning to attend the RNC in Cleveland later this month.
RNC Watch
So many questions linger, as the convention looms. ... Mother Jones asks, Are Police Targeting Black Lives Matters Activists [...]
Chasing The Ghosts Of Coventry Village
Late May, the cusp of summer, I glide down the brushy side streets of Cleveland Heights. My bicycle jiggles over the occasional stretch of brick road, reminding me that pavement was originally invented to make biking easier.