A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY BEARS FRUIT FOR PALESTINIAN ARTIST JASON AL GHUSSEIN
By Jim DeBrosse |Jason Al Ghussein plants his Palestinian roots in Over-the-Rhine, hoping a bright mural can open minds and bring people together.
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FILLING THE LOCAL NEWS VOIDS
By Jim DeBrosse |A new digital newsroom in Cleveland using “community documenters” is looking to spread across the state.
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WIN, LOSE, DRAW: INSIDE OHIO’S REDISTRICTING BATTLE
By Jim DeBrosse |Ohio Republican lawmakers submitted unconstitutional election maps five different times in order to run out the clock on fair redistricting, and they prevailed. A second primary this month cost taxpayers $20 million.
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U.S. ATTORNEY KEN PARKER STRIVES FOR JUSTICE WITH HUMANITY
By Jim DeBrosse |The new chief law enforcement official for the Southern District of Ohio is focused on finding the root causes of crime and partnering with communities to prevent those crimes from ever happening.
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UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED: HOW WE FAILED TO FIX THE BRENT SPENCE BRIDGE
By Jim DeBrosse |The Brent Spence Bridge’s traffic chokehold has taken a back seat to political cowardice and misplaced priorities for decades. Will the federal infrastructure bill finally bail out regional leaders who fiddled while the bridge burned?
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HOW THOM ATKINSON BECAME THE BEST AUTHOR YOU’VE NEVER READ
By Jim DeBrosse |Atkinson has been serving up scenes and characters from his short stories and plays for decades in insightful, unforgettable ways.
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INSIDE THE HIGHLY PROFITABLE AND SECRETIVE WORLD OF PAYDAY LENDERS
By Jim DeBrosse |Nasty divorce proceedings between Jared Davis, the founder of Check ’n Go, and his wife Bridget reveal a salacious sideshow of rich people behaving badly.
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RED STEWART AIRFIELD IN WAYNESVILLE KEEPS TAIL WHEEL AVIATION ALIVE
By Jim DeBrosse |People come from all over to experience “flying like a bird” at the old-fashioned, family-run airfield.
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STEVE BURNS WANTS LORDSTOWN MOTORS TO BUILD THE WORLD’S BEST ELECTRIC PICKUP TRUCK
By Jim DeBrosse |Cincinnati idea guy Steve Burns has the support of President Trump, General Motors, and big-time investors, but can he deliver?
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TOTAL QUALITY LOGISTICS SHIPS UNTIL THEY DROP
By Jim DeBrosse |Ken Oaks and friends have built TQL into a multibillion-dollar company, but thousands of ex-employees are suing the company for their fair share of the success.
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HERE’S THE TRUTH ABOUT THOSE JANUARY FLASHES IN THE SKY NEAR BETHEL
By Jim DeBrosse |In January, Tim Walker and his daughter Carolyn saw 13 red-orange flashes in the sky over Bethel, Ohio. Could it have been aliens?
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A SURGEON’S VICTIMS WAIT FOR JUSTICE
By Jim DeBrosse |Six years after a local spine surgeon fled the country to avoid criminal prosecution, his victims and their families fight for their day in court.
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STEVE DRIEHAUS FINDS HIS TRUE NORTH
By Jim DeBrosse |The former politician leads Cincinnati Compass, the region’s ”Welcome Wagon” for immigrants, after years of Peace Corps service in Africa.
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MEET THE NEW SCRIPPS
By Jim DeBrosse |The Cincinnati-based media giant has embraced the news industry’s new-age digital revolution by investing in old-school journalism. Will it work?
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See No Evil
By Jim DeBrosse |Why do the mainstream media marginalize and ridicule more plausible conspiracy theories when the majority of Americans long ago wrote off the Warren Report as a cover-up? See No Evil analyzes the built-in biases of the U.S. corporate media, exposes its complicity in the whitewashing, and advocates for the broadest possible investigation into the motives and key players who may have been responsible for the Crime of the Twentieth Century.
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SHERROD BROWN GETS BACK TO WORK
By Jim DeBrosse |Passing on a run for president, the Ohio senator still has injected his “dignity of work” theme into the Democratic presidential race—which could make him an attractive VP choice.
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WEB OF EXPLOITATION: HOW THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SYSTEMATICALLY SHORT-CHANGES IMMIGRANT WORKERS
By Jim DeBrosse |Local construction subcontractor R&R Steel got caught paying immigrant workers way less than they were due.
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WAITING FOR THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD
By Jim DeBrosse |The state of Chinese-American relations at Miami University.
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WILL TOM FORD’S FILM INDUCE AUSTIN WRIGHT’S LITERARY REBIRTH?
By Jim DeBrosse |Remembering a mentor to the city’s literati.
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CAN AFTAB PUREVAL POP THE REPUBLICAN MACHINE’S BUBBLE?
By Jim DeBrosse |Despite the glaring moniker gap, Aftab Pureval, a 34-year-old Procter & Gamble attorney and former federal prosecutor, has chosen to take on one of the best-known political names in the county.
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MOLLY WELLMANN IS THE CRAFTIEST BARKEEP IN TOWN
By Jim DeBrosse |And now she’s transforming the Queen City’s bar scene.
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JUNKIE’S BIG ADVENTURE
By Jim DeBrosse |When Julius Fleischmann Jr. took his family on a round-the-world cruise in 1931, he probably didn’t know that they would travel straight through the heart of South Seas exotica and into the annals of history. But the talismans he brought back tell the tale.
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CHRIS SEELBACH: GETTING PAST GAY
By Jim DeBrosse |He’s here. He’s queer. You’re used to it. Now Chris Seelbach wants you to consider his whole résumé.
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“Four Dead in Ohio: A Media Failure”
By Jim DeBrosse |This paper argues that the guard-dog theory of the press and Chomsky’s propaganda model help explain the failure by the local media to warn victims of the imminent threat of deadly force.
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“Wikimedia and Censorship”
By Jim DeBrosse |This study found that the more complex and controversial the topic on the Project Censored list, the more likely Wikipedia had no match or only a partial match for the story…
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