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NewsQuiet Riots At The Ferguson Library: Beautiful Stories In The Midst Of Unrest
by Jasmine Banks My friend Kelly mentioned on Facebook she was headed to the Ferguson Municipal Library to help them process some…
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NewsRep. John Lewis Laments The Police Killings of Blacks: “I Fear For The Future of This Country”
The veteran Civil Rights leader, survivor of a concussion and beating from Alabama State Troopers on Bloody Sunday, asks in…
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NewsCivil Rights Leader Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr. Calls For “Deliberate Action” At City Club Of Cleveland
Two elders of the American Civil Rights movement—Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr. and Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell—went before a…
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NewsREVIEW: “Patient” By Bettina Judd
It took three attempts before I could get past the first entry in Patient, an uncomfortable jaunt into America’s crippling disregard…
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NewsAnti-Racism Documentary “White Like Me” Now Streaming For Free
One consequence of Ferguson: viewers can now watch the documentary “White Like Me” cost-free. Tim Wise’s anti-racism documentary will stream…
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News“No One Will Make This Beauty A Burden”: Poetry As A Response To Ferguson
Hours after authorities announced that the grand jury in Ferguson, Mo., would not indict police officer Darren Wilson for killing…
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News2014 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Honors Year’s Best Literature On Peace And Social Justice
On a recent sunny Sunday morning, four celebrated American writers rose early to meet for breakfast and chew over the…
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NewsREVIEW: “Beyond the Lights” Avoids The Cliches, Puts New Stars In The Limelight
When Gina Prince-Bythewood last directed a big-budget film, Barack Obama had yet to be sworn in as president. Now she’s…
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NewsNew Charter School In Cleveland’s Central Neighborhood Wins 2014 Anisfield-Wolf Memorial Award
A bold decision to start a school in an underserved Cleveland neighborhood, made by the leaders of a 150-year-old institution,…
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NewsA Cultural Icon Revisited: Poet Russell Atkins Honored At East Cleveland Public Library
Poet Russell Atkins, his hair a white halo, his torso tucked into a wheelchair, rolled onto the stage of the…
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NewsIn Midst Of Breakthrough Year, Laverne Cox Speaks Out On Gender Identity And Self-Love
by Tara Jefferson with additional reporting by Karen R. Long “Kent State University, how ya feeling tonight?” actress and LGBT…
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NewsREVIEW: Norman Lear’s New Autobiography, “Even This I Get To Experience”
For a stretch in the 1970s, television producer Norman Lear had nine shows on the air at once—with four in…
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NewsREVIEW: “Dear White People” Ushers In New Talent, Gives Unflinching Look At “Black Faces In White Spaces”
When I arrived as an undergraduate at Kent State University, I participated in Kupita, a week-long orientation for students of…
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NewsNew Report Details “The Making Of Ferguson”: How Governmental Policy Created A Racial Nightmare
When Atlantic Monthly correspondent Ta-Nehisi Coates’ spoke in Cleveland in August about reparations, he touched only briefly on the killing…
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NewsVIDEO: Ari Shavit Speaks At Cleveland City Club: “America Should Lead An Alliance Of Stabilizers”
The biggest laugh during Ari Shavit’s serious, passionate talk about the Middle East came at the end, when a questioner…
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NewsRita Dove Brings Focus To Literacy In Akron, Delivers Stunning Poetry To Inspire A New Generation
When former poet laureate Rita Dove graced the stage of the Akron Civic Theater October 16, she took a minute…
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NewsNew Photography Exhibit Provides Never-Before Look At Black Student Life In The 1960s
Toledo attorney Lafayette Tolliver, 65, estimates there were fewer than 300 black students on the campus of Kent State University…
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NewsREVIEW: “Half Of A Yellow Sun” Adaptation Tackles A Violent History With A Emphasis On Humanity
Half of a Yellow Sun is now available on iTunes and other video streaming services. by Lisa Nielson The film…
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NewsVIDEO: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie On Becoming Black: “This Identity Was Weighted With Stereotypes”
“When you’re not born in the U.S. and you’re a person of African descent, in some ways identifying as black…
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NewsREVIEW: Charles M. Blow’s “Fire Up In My Bones” Opens New Conversation On Masculinity
New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow opens his memoir, “Fire Up In My Bones,” with a face full of…