Stopping Traffick
Local efforts join state battle against sex trafficking, prostitution
Healthy Hits
Statewide group asks Ohio voters to legalize medical marijuana and industrial hemp
Think of the Children
Local leaders pledge to support efforts to put more low- and middle-income kids in preschools
Maternal Instincts
Nationwide coalition of moms lobbying for common-sense gun law reform grows local roots
Breaking the Holy Ceiling
Group to ordain the first female Catholic priest in Cincinnati
Family: Cop Has Grudge Against Us
Officer has history of disciplinary actions
4 Comments · Wednesday, December 23, 2009
A Cleves family is charging police harassment and misconduct following a drug raid at their home earlier this month, saying the resulting charges were trumped up and they are the target of an officer with a grudge.
Getting a Second Chance
Literacy Center West offers GED, job training help, placement
0 Comments · Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Liz Mellon, a struggling high school senior, dropped out of school just a couple of credits shy of graduation. She may have never finished her studies, but a life-changing event motivated her to earn a GED — she became pregnant. Not wanting to spend her life in low-paying, dead-end work, Mellon turned to Literacy Center West, a GED preparatory, job training and placement center in East Price Hill.
A Moving Predicament
Metropole’s conversion sparks tenant relocations
0 Comments · Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Two years ago, Charles McAfee established residency at the Metropole Apartments, a 230-unit building located in the 600 block of Walnut Street across from the Aronoff Center for the Arts. He chose the Metropole because it was conveniently located in the Central Business District with bus routes and businesses nearby.
Southern Comfort
21c Museum Hotel more than a place to stay
0 Comments · Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Staying at the 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville was a mistake at first. We were supposed to go to Montreal. Then Chicago. Wait, Pittsburgh, right? We concluded that we couldn’t afford the time or the trip to any destination outside of two hours, so my wife Jennifer and I thought about Plan D.
Taking It All Off
Nudist resorts and club sprout up everywhere, including rural Ohio
6 Comments · Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Southern Ohio has a little-known secret: It's crawling with confirmed and potential nudists. Nudism is all the rage in the pastoral, bucolic settings in and around Cincinnati and other major cities. Nudist resorts — bastions of naturalism and freed inhibitions — dot the lush Ohio wilderness around the state.
The Truth About the Truth About Christmas
0 Comments · Wednesday, November 25, 2009
We hope you enjoy our holiday-themed section "The Truth About Christmas" and enjoy the season in whatever way or for whatever reasons you and yours do. It's going to look really nice out there if it snows and, really, the long winter ahead is going to suck a lot worse than a couple dinners with the relatives. That's the truth.
Taking Back Christmas
The season's real history is even crazier than the made-up one
3 Comments · Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Be forewarned, all ye who dare to enter: It's time for me to play the role of that crotchety old bastard, Scrooge, in service of finding the truth and reclaiming a good time. For instance, available evidence indicates early Christians didn't celebrate Jesus' birth and Christmas itself was an attempt by the Roman Empire to pacify and convert the pagan nations they had conquered, which were brimming with populations that enjoyed holding raucous parties during the long, dark and depressing nights of winter.
Blue Christmas
Dealing with holiday stress and depression
0 Comments · Wednesday, November 25, 2009
The holidays are a stressful time for everyone, not just moms. Whether you’re freaking out about spending your pizza delivery money on gifts for your relatives at Wal-Mart, putting your hands in a turkey hole or bringing your partner around your uncle who hates gay people.
Conscious Consumer
Debating the buy-local holiday shopping experience
0 Comments · Wednesday, November 25, 2009
But there are two ways to deal with the yearly nuisance of holiday shopping: Wake up early on a weekday and buy everyone on your list something from a megastore or spend your days collecting thoughtful and high-quality goods from local shops.
Truth Emergency
The top stories ignored or underplayed by the mainstream news media in 2008-09
0 Comments · Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Every year since 1976, Project Censored has spotlighted the 25 most significant news stories that were largely ignored or misrepresented by the mainstream press. Now the group is expanding its mission — to promote alternative news sources. But it continues to report the biggest national and international stories that the major media ignored.
Shoring Up The Banks
AMOS Project says sprawling riverfront project needs more local workers
1 Comment · Wednesday, November 18, 2009
With the first phase of construction on The Banks winding down in June, Cincinnati and Hamilton County leaders are happy with the way the $800 million project is finally starting to take shape along downtown’s riverfront. One local watchdog group, though, is decidedly unhappy about how The Banks is shaping the local workforce.
Blowing Their Tops
Local activists fight mountaintop removal mining, raise awareness
0 Comments · Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The oak forest around him is thick and silent, dappled with autumn sunlight. But the serenity stops abruptly at a cliff on the edge of McKinley Sumner's 63 acres in the Eastern Kentucky mountains. It's been six years now since his neighbor sold out to the International Coal Group and the mountaintop removal mining began, but Sumner's eyes still flash at the sight.
Mapping the Big Picture
Public input sought on how Cincinnati should change
0 Comments · Wednesday, November 11, 2009
It’s not a subject that usually occasions such levels of excitement, but the first Community Informational Meeting for the city’s new Comprehensive Plan effort has drawn a large and eager crowd from surrounding neighborhoods.
Voters Have No Issues With Issues
Rail supporters beat back Issue 9, but petitioners win on Water Works
0 Comments · Wednesday, November 4, 2009
It was a split decision Nov. 3 for two voter referendums that were pushed by several groups collectively known as "We Demand A Vote." The much-debated Issue 9, which would have required a public vote on any rail-related spending by Cincinnati City Council, failed by a 56-44 percent margin. Issue 8 was approved by a 61-39 percent margin, mandating that a public vote be held before City Council ever agrees to sell the city-owned Water Works to a special water district.
Incumbents Win in CPS Race
A good night for Charter Committee, CPS tax levy
2 Comments · Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Presented with a choice of 12 candidates vying for four seats on the Cincinnati Board of Education, voters
Tuesday chose to return all three incumbent candidates. The fourth open seat went to first-time candidate Vanessa White, a Charterite.
