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.
Give Your Money to Mary Lane
The legendary Chicago blueswoman has never gotten her due.
The Contradictions of a Progressive Police Chief
Newly-appointed CPD Superintendent David Brown left a complicated legacy in Dallas. Will he have his second chance in Chicago?
2020 Vision: Cincinnati’s West End
More than twenty-five thousand people lost their homes so a highway could be built in my neighborhood.
The Race for the Ohio Fourth
Incumbent Jim Jordan faces challenges from Democrats and (former) Republicans alike.
Fighting For a Fair Census in 2020
In an absence of federal investment, organizers across the region are working to improve the chances of an accurate count.
Game Day at the Ohio Pen
Remembering the Ohio State Penitentiary Hurricanes—and the day my father played against them in 1965.
After ICE
Life in a Guatemalan immigrant community in rural Ohio more than a year after nearby raids.
Return to Boomtowns
"This is your Gary, where hands grab at homecoming:/brown soldiers, sizzling streets, airwaves thick from a Motor City."
Richard Hatcher’s Gary
Remembering the life and leadership of one of the first Black mayors of a major American city. [Excerpted from "The Gary Anthology."]
Top Stories of 2019
Ten stories our readers kept coming back to.
Rediscovering the Neighborhood of Saturdays
The legacy of a multiracial community on Indianapolis’s south side.