Election Week Through the Lenses of Black Women
Snapshots of the 2020 election from five photographers across the Rust Belt.
Cleveland and the Biden-Trump Debate
The city illustrates, starkly, the challenges and opportunities of the country in 2020.
Cleveland and Chicago: Cities of Segregation
An excerpt from "Black in the Middle."
Restaurant Workers Struggle to Access Unemployment Aid
“This wasn’t the way I thought this year was going to go.”
Cleveland: Eastside Suburban School Segregation on the Rise
Alarming white opt-out rates are driving the division.
Ohio Has Always Had Confederate Apologists
In June, Ohio legislators refused to ban confederate memorabilia from county fairs. The state has long had a complicated relationship with the confederacy.
From Croatia to Cleveland to Columbus
On generational migration and identity in the Midwest.
Cleveland Doesn’t Need Your Love—It Needs Your Fire
Commentary: A goodbye letter to the city.
Protest and Power
Scenes from a moment of reckoning.
Racism, Rebellion, and Police Violence in the Midwest
Stories on the long history of racism and police violence in the Midwest—and what to do about it.
Organizing Labor in a Pandemic
COVID-19 put a spotlight on worker vulnerability, but creates challenges for traditional in-person organizing tactics.
The Fight Over Wind Power in Lake Erie
The contested case of the Icebreaker Wind Farm has implications for renewable energy in the region.