"You're blind, baby/ Blind to the facts of who you are." -- Talib Kweli There's an explanation for why former Cincinnati Police Officer Robert Jorg hasn't been retried and indicted in the death   

Cut to Kunta Kinte, Alex Haley's distant relative and icon for a generation. Kunta is making his way down Wall Street. The street and sidewalk are jammed with dark-suited, money-gittin' men and wome  

Have you heard about the new security system at City Hall? Does it remind you of visiting hours at the Hamilton County Justice Center? Have they buzzed you in yet? Shouldn't we get similar security  

'Members, don't git weary/ Keep your lamps trimmed and burning/ We're going down to the river Jordan when our work is done.' -- Max Roach When Roger Owensby Jr. died Nov. 7, 2000, at the age of   

I've written this one before. It was another time, a different place and a different newspaper. The more Negroes change, the more we stay the same. See, the circumstances were identical -- wild, ca  

Dwight Patton, splintering ad hoc/half-activist member of Cincinnati Black United Front (BUF), spitted and sputtered his venomous way through outing me on 1480 Talk with Courtis Fuller on Aug. 5. I  

Who does Tommy Reuff think he is, this preppy Stephen King-looking cat? And Steve Ramos, CityBeat's overgrown, bald camper-cum-film editor and Cincinnati Film Society (CFS) board member? Together,   

Upstanding Christian father and dedicated cop or a bald-faced liar hovering below the radar of departmental discipline? A pillar of the community deserving an outpouring of support or a spin control  

I am not an apologist. It's difficult for many Negroes to say the same. When one of us does something wrong, though, it's no better or worse than when a person of any other race takes a misstep.   

Buy Michael McCleese, Roy Ford and Heidi Bruins a drink this weekend if you see them joined together in a chorus of "I Will Survive" at The Dock. The Stonewall Cincinnati board members have informed