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Ring Leader
Inside a beat-up boxing gym in a beat-up southeast Ohio coal town, Sam Jones trains kids to fight the right way.
The Legacy of Literature in Pittsburgh
A look at how writing and reading local catalyzes culture, and helps cities like Pittsburgh revise their narratives.
Stadiums Like White Elephants
Are the expensive facilities built to host mega-events like the World Cup destined to become instant ruins?
No New Creative Workforce Fellowships in 2014: A Q&A
Quietly, a few weeks ago, the website of the organization that has funded Cuyahoga County [...]
Strange Medicine
The Cleveland museum you've never met.
Is This CLE?
Ever since the official tourism bureau unveiled their "This is Cleveland" campaign in March, Eric Anderson has been working on an alternative version.
LeBron and I
Unlike many Clevelanders, I was glad when LeBron won a ring. Glad isn’t exactly the word. Relieved is more like it, like when an ex finally gets married.
Point A to Point B
Riding along with Cleveland's Critical Mass and asking questions about whether biking is a form of transportation, or a lifestyle statement, or both.
Unfinished Identities
On Ashtabula's Finns, the power of diversity, and nurturing neglected cultural roots.
Neither Created Nor Destroyed
There are people who don’t believe Cincinnati can, should, or will change. But it is changing and I like what I see. I like that I can be a part of it, even from what some would consider the outside.
This Ain’t City Chicken: The Geography of Authenticity
A new restaurant in Detroit may be the first example of ruin porn cuisine.

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