LeBron James, Dan Gilbert and “Owning” Professional Sports
On superstar athletes, team owners, and the economics of sports in the community.
The Second Edition of The Cleveland Anthology
Next month we publish our second edition (and third print run) of Rust Belt Chic: The Cleveland Anthology, with essays by Connie Schultz, Michael Ruhlman, David Giffels, and others. This excerpt is the book’s new introduction.
Friday Link Roundup
Ferguson and #blacktwitter, the Cleveland Browns do something right, buying a house with cash, the blues and a Wisconsin chair factory, climate change and the Midwest, and that potato salad Kickstarter guy.
Car Bombs to Cookie Tables: The Youngstown Anthology
The Youngstown Anthology: A call for submissions and proposals -- nonfiction contributions, including essays, profiles and reported works.
Summer Girl … and Other Duties as Assigned
Chicago’s Greyhound terminal in late Aug. 1966 certainly lacked cheer and charm, and perhaps safety. But to me, holding a one-way ticket back to Calumet County, WI, it was a suitable escape platform from my job as a “Summer Girl”
Ferguson: The black iron fences of St. Louis
Asher Kohn, recent St. Louis resident, writes about the meaning of the 7-foot black metal fences in the now-famous photo of a man with his hands up before county police in Ferguson, Missouri.
Ferguson: Race and the Inner-Ring Suburb
Inner-ring suburbs are becoming flash points given our American racial disparity obsession that shows no signs of decline.
Population Ain’t Nothing But a Number: Standardizing the Size of the Great American City
Conventional wisdom holds that the larger the population of a city, the more successful the place must be. If the population’s growing, that city must be doing something right. If it’s withering, it must be in decline.
Is There a Better Way to Save Historic Buildings That Everybody Wants to Save?
By Laura Putre Fifth Church had a whole neighborhood on its side. 25 years of fight later, it's coming down.
The Faces Of Downtown Cleveland: A Slideshow
A reflective slideshow highlighting the different faces of downtown Cleveland.
Which Northeast Ohio Will Show Up To The Gay Games?
With a questionable history of tolerance of the LGBT community, how will Northeast Ohio receive the upcoming Gay Games?
The Loss Of A Music Industry Legend — Henry LoConti, Founder of the Agora
Henry “Hank” LoConti, music legend and founder of the Agora, dies at the age of 85 after nearly 50 years in the music business in Cleveland.