With more than half of its tenants burdened by soaring rents, Chicago considers rent control
By Mina Bloom and Ariel Cheung Photography by Sebastián Hidalgo Lesley Gonzalez grew up in Chicago’s historically Latino neighborhood [...]
A letter from the front lines of the WV Teacher Strike
By Jessica Salfia In 1990 I was nine years old, and my mom, a single parent, was a day-to-day substitute [...]
On The Redlining Bus Tour In Milwaukee, WI
By Lauren Sieben On a Saturday morning in early February, with six inches of snow covering the ground and temperatures [...]
28 minutes from Cleveland to Chicago? I’m on board with Hyperloop.
By Bert Stratton I’m on board. I’m good with the proposal from Hyperloop, a California company that announced on Monday [...]
Cleveland, Superior Ave. close to Public Square: Gateway to becoming American
By Lucy J. Cox I haven’t lived in Cleveland for decades, only going to visit, but spring training baseball always [...]
In Southwest Ohio, the opioid crisis has driven a record number of children into state custody
By Timmy Broderick Data visualizations by Kevin Huber “March 22, 2017. Right then, everything changed.” Shelley’s raspy voice falters, her [...]
Eulogy for the Cleveland Tenants Organization from a Cleveland Landlord
By Bert Stratton Photo by Maddie McGarvey The Cleveland Tenants Organization, after 43 years of advocating for Cleveland renters, shut [...]
Passive, Poor and White? What The Media Keeps Getting Wrong About Appalachia.
By Elizabeth Catte, via The Guardian and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project To satisfy an elitist, narrative fetish about ‘Trump [...]
In Chicago, black entrepreneurs seeking venture capital face excessive scrutiny and discrimination
By Steve Friess Photography by Sebastián Hidalgo Support for this article was provided by Rise Local, a project of New [...]
Opinion: It’s The Geography, Stupid; Or Why The Democratic Party Should Stop With Its Appeals To the White Working Class
By Steven Conn Photography by Maddie McGarvey In the 2017 off-year elections, electoral gains in purple states like Virginia and [...]
Environmental Group Suing EPA Over Lake Erie Says The Agency Just Handed Ohio A ‘Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card’
By Joey Horan Photography by Lloyd DeGrane, Alliance for the Great Lakes The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has admitted it [...]
For Many Working On The Front Lines Of The Opioid Epidemic, A New DEA Field Division In Appalachia Is Not The Answer
By Adam K. Raymond President Donald Trump’s October declaration of the opioid epidemic as a public health emergency was set [...]