An Ordinary Day in Charlottesville
Excerpted from "Pure America: Eugenics and the Making of Modern Virginia."
Lancaster is Burning
"The landscape of Fairfield County, Ohio sprouted the seeds of my imagination, helped them take root." [Excerpt]
“The Ellis Island of Dayton”
Islom Shakhbandarov on Welcome Dayton and immigrant life in the city. ["Excerpted from The Dayton Anthology"]
“Cultivating Addiction”
For many in southern Ohio, existing drug war interventions can do more harm than good.
Between the Lake and Emmett Till Road
An excerpt from "The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook."
Cleveland and Chicago: Cities of Segregation
An excerpt from "Black in the Middle."
Switch and the Pride of Youngstown
An excerpt from "The Youngstown Anthology," Second Edition.
Taking it to the Streets: Protesting at the 1968 Democratic National Convention
Excerpted from Lee Weiner's memoir "Conspiracy to Riot: The Life and Times of one of the Chicago 7."
Coming Into a Black Woman’s Anger
On Audre Lorde and Minnesota Nice.
Not Another Working-Class Youngstown Story
An excerpt from "Car Bombs to Cookie Tables: The Youngstown Anthology 2nd Edition."
The Last Children of Mill Creek [Excerpt]
"My father was the grandson of Mississippi slaves, and the son of a thrice-married and divorced mother who had cleaned white peoples’ homes and cared for their children in two states by the time they settled in St. Louis in 1929."
Ida Tarbell: Reporting the Oil Region
An excerpt from "Citizen Reporters."