How would you react if someone paced your street with a sign saying, "God Hates (Your Name Here)"? The Rev. Fred Phelps and members of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., have targeted homosex  

With Republicans in control of the White House and Congress and with steadily aging U.S. Supreme Court justices, is Roe vs. Wade in danger of being rolled back or seriously compromised? Pro-life gr  

Wouldn't it be great if people seeking social justice had a reference book to find others who are doing the same? That's the purpose of Future 500, a book two years in the making. Future 500 lists   

Does U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld have time to tend to a bit of terrorism taking place right in his own shop? Despite occasional scandals and calls for reform, rape and sexual harassment   

What do women and trees have in common? The answer, eco-feminists would say, is a lot. Environmental feminism, which focuses on the relationship between the oppression of women and the destruction   

Has anyone noticed the inconsistency in the proposed budget for the city of Cincinnati? The proposal by Mayor Charlie Luken and City Manager Valerie Lemmie calls for eliminating the planning depart  

If a police officer fires a weapon and injures an innocent little girl, is it safe to say something went wrong? What if several cops are involved? What if two little girls are injured? Plus a school  

Is it time to dump the suburbs? The Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) includes several suburban areas, such as Cheviot and part of Green Township, in addition to the city of Cincinnati. Three weeks a  

The Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas regularly appoints psychologists to evaluate child custody cases, but how much do judges know about the psychologists they use? Apparently not enough. Dom  

At exactly what point do we have enough stuff to achieve the American dream? When we have the three-bedroom house, two-car garage and white picket fence? When we have the in-ground pool and hot tub  

What's the value of a library to a small community? As the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County tries to decide how to deal with a $4.3 million budget cut, the board of trustees and th  

Should voters stop public funding of Cincinnati City Council campaigns before it begins? That's the question Issue 8 asks. About three years ago Citizens for Fair Elections, a coalition of 19 grass  

Who benefits from the hundreds of millions in federal spending that U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell likes to say he's brought Kentucky? Tobacco farmers have gotten more than $700 million in assistance  

With a dramatic and tragic death under its roof for the second time, the main branch of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County has some explaining to do. Why isn't anyone talking? The  

Can Stonewall Cincinnati find the stability to effect change in the wake of a second upheaval of its board? At a Sept. 10 meeting, Stonewall members voted 70-29 to remove co-chairs Roy Ford and Hei