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On Poetry, Envy and a Six-Figure Book Deal

​SCENE | ​May 2024

​​Pro-Palestine Protesters Remain Defiant Despite Looming Threats

SCENE | ​May 2024

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​St. Clair Place Residents Take Building Neglect Into Own Hands

​SCENE | ​April 2024

​Fridrich Bicycle, Cleveland's Oldest Bike Shop, Looks to Close

​SCENE | ​March 2024

​North Olmsted Blooms as Hub for Ohio's Palestinian Diaspora

SCENE | ​March 2024

A Christian Nonprofit Hoped to Build a Small Women's Homeless Shelter in Munson Township. Residents Said No

SCENE | ​February 2024

Concrete Jungle: ​How Cleveland Built a City Devoted to Parking, and How its Trying to Undo the Damage

​SCENE | ​February 2024

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​In Cleveland's Fight to Address Growing Homeless Population, Outreach Workers Play a Frontline Role

SCENE | ​February 2024

'It Humanizes You': A Q&A with Mayor Justin Bibb Halfway Through What He Hopes Won't Be His Only Term in Office

​​SCENE | ​January 2024

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​Weed's Now Legal Across Ohio. Are Psychedelic Mushrooms Next?

​SCENE | ​December 2023

He Moved From Hollywood to Convert a Small Town Ohio High School Into a Film Production Studio. Will Business Follow?

​​SCENE | ​November 2023

​In Cleveland's Post-Covid DIY Revival, Queer Black Drag in Midtown and Hardcore in Taco Bell Parking Lots 

​​SCENE | ​November 2023​

​Baldwin Wallace Thought It Faced a $3 Million Budget Deficit. It Was Actually $20 Million

​SCENE | ​November 2023
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​In Pepper Pike, a Surprisingly Contentious Ballot Issue Awaits on Election Day: Whether to Build Sidewalks

​SCENE | ​November 2023

​Can Dave Margolius End the Sale of Flavored Tobacco?


​SCENE | ​October 2023

​A 15-Second TikTok Video Changed Their Lives. But Who Owns The Legacy?

SCENE | ​October 2023

​Could a Music Commission Save Cleveland Music?

SCENE | ​August 2023

Two Years After Afghanistan, Evacuees Still Face Legal Limbo

SCENE | ​August 2023

 Downtown Cleveland is Ohio's Worst Hazard for Migrating Birds. This Group Wants to Change That

SCENE | ​June 2023

Rats, Dirty Air, Broken Faucets: Lakeview Terrace Residents Wonder When Help Will Come

SCENE | ​May 2023

Queens in the Stone Age: Drag Faces Assault From Far-Right Extremists

SCENE | ​May 2023

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​After ArtCraft Building's Closure, Newcomers Offer Affordable Rents

​SCENE | April 2023

​Is This Downtown Cleveland's Retail Moment?

SCENE | March 2023

​A Lakeside Mobile Home Community Fights the Result of its New Landlord: Eviction

SCENE | ​February 2023

​He Sees Kratom As An Alcohol Substitute. The City Wants To Shut Him Down

SCENE | ​January 2023

'It's Not Vacant': ArtCraft Building Tenants Given Weeks To Vacate In Preparation For Police Headquarters

SCENE | Dec. 2022

A Cleveland Heights Resident's Pizza Oven Was The Talk of the Block. Until One Sued

SCENE | Jan. 2023
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​On The Camino, Going Up Slowly: An Essay

Cleveland Magazine | Sept. 2022
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After Decades of Underfunding, Cleveland's Youth Football League Gets A Raise

The Land | Sept. 2022

When Crops Are Low, The Wind in O'Brien County, Iowa, Remains Gold

RTBC | April 2022

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The Vanishing of Andrea Knabel

Narratively | Feb. 2022

They Flip Houses to Investors Two-Thousand Miles Away. What Can Cleveland Do?

SCENE | Jan. 2022

*Winner of two Ohio Press Club Awards

​An Apache Tribe's COVID-19 Contact Tracing Model Saved Lives. It Could Work Elsewhere.

TIME | Nov. 2021

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Cleveland Peacemakers Wrestle With Record Year in Gun Violence

SCENE | August 2021

'Blue Dot, Red Sea.' Can a Progressive Reshape Lima, Ohio?

Belt | April 2021

A Sustainable Way to Survive COVID: Go Full Co-op
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The Land | Dec 2020

​The Rise of the Creep Patrol
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SCENE | August 2020

​After the Vindy, Mahoning Matters

NPR | August 2020

Hispanic Coalitions Fight To Spread Urgent Message For The 2020 Census: 'Be Counted'

Belt Magazine | March 2020

​Should City Council Have a Public Comment Period?

Cleveland Magazine | March 2020

After a Year of Record-Breaking Floods, Some Farmers Face a Choice: Stay or Leave?

The Counter | Dec 2019

Is Weaponized Fentanyl the Next Terrorist Threat?

OZY | Nov 2019

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​The Judge Who Made His Own Bail Rules to Stop Jail Deaths

OZY | Nov 2019

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​The Tow Truck Turf War and
​The Driver Left For Dead

Narratively | July 2019

GM 'Unallocated' Its Lordstown, Ohio, Plant. What's Next for The Village?

Pacific Standard | April 2019

​The Spread of Fake News Has Deadly Consequences in Mexico. Meet the People Trying to Stop it. 

Pacific Standard | Feb 2019

Chaos, Competition and Insecurity in Latin America's Largest Open-Air Market

Mexico News Daily | Nov 2018
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In This Mexican Town, One in 5 People is a Glass Maker

Atlas Obscura | Nov 2018


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​​​What Will Mexico Do When Its Deadliest Volcano Erupts?

Pacific Standard | Oct 2018

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Days in the Life of a Mexican Feminist Activist

Pacific Standard | June 2018

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​Tasting the History of Puebla's Calle de Dulces

Atlas Obscura | Sept 2018

​The Transformation of Lady J

Cleveland Magazine | Aug 2017

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In Heroin's Heartland

Pacific Standard | Jan 2018

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​This All-Amputee Softball Team is Changing the Way We Think About Trauma

Narratively | Aug 2017

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​Men of Steel

Belt | June 2017

​Can Cleveland Institute of Art Professors Lift East Cleveland?

Crain's | May 2017

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The Greatest Sleight of Hand: Chaos At The 2016 Republican National Convention

Fresh Water | July 2016

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​Adega Chef Could Be On The Cusp of Culinary Stardom

Crain's | August 2016

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​Ramping Up the Odds

Fresh Water | Jan 2016

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