What happens to an injustice unheard? Does it wisp skywards like warm smoke from a gun or deflate down, dissolve and be done? Does it cry itself to sleep or rage into the night then softly weep? Maybe it hardens… Read More ›
Civil Rights
Here Comes The Freedom Winter: The Failure of Truth to Keep Black Men Breathing
Because that’s what the job is for. To keep a little freedom bubble From rising to the surface And spreading Everywhere Pop Pop So the job of a cop Is to stop Stop Stop Those words are 50 years old…. Read More ›
A Walmart is Not a War Zone: Photos From The Journey For John Crawford
On Monday, September 22nd, more than 100 men and women set off from a Walmart in Beavercreek, Ohio–a predominantly white suburb of Dayton–and walked 11 miles to the Greene County Courthouse in Xenia, OH. On August 5th, a 22 year… Read More ›
The Lash May Change, But The Pain Remains The Same: The Enduring Legacy of Slavery in Mississippi
Unless you’re the churchgoing type, there’s not much sense in driving through the Mississippi Delta on a Sunday morning. Folks tend to take the sabbath pretty seriously around these parts, and a visitor who so happens to be passing through… Read More ›
No Justice, No Peace…But We Do Have Photos: The Turn on the Water Detroit Rally
Today, I made the drive up I-75 from Cincinnati to the Motor City to attend the March & Rally to Turn the Water On in Detroit, which was put on by National Nurses United, Robin Hood Tax USA, Moratorium-MI.Org and… Read More ›
Coal, Corporate Personhood & The Twilight of Labor Unions in America
In light of the Supreme Court’s recent rulings in Harris v. Quinn and Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Hobby Lobby Stores, which have dealt another body shot to organized labor and further entrenched the idea of “corporate personhood” in our… Read More ›
We Promise This Will Never Happen Again: Freedom Industries Spills More Waste In West Virginia’s Rivers
Sometimes, when I come across a story about a chemical spill or environmental disaster in West Virginia, my thoughts lead me to story of the Greek Titan Prometheus. In Greek Mythology, Prometheus was humanity’s architect and benefactor. He was the… Read More ›
An Open Letter to Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley Concerning New Foundations Transitional Living
Mayor Cranley, In your mayoral acceptance speech this past November, you pledged to turn Cincinnati into a more inclusive city; a city where government can find solutions that will bring disparate groups together while building communities that work for everyone. It… Read More ›
Mob City: How Cincinnati Became The Poster Child for Unstable Race Relations in America
In the early morning hours of April 7th, 2001, a familiar scene was being played out in the Over-The-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati. A 19-year old black man, Timothy Thomas, was walking past a nightclub called “The Warehouse” when he was… Read More ›
And The Band Marches On…
By Drew Gibson There is a vitality and a glow about Andrew Young that shields you from his frailty. The former UN Ambassador & Congressman can still draw back on that old preacher’s toolbox of rhetorical flourish to stir up… Read More ›
Virally Suppressed - Muckraking For The Modern World 