Belt
Metal towns across the Midwest turned to Trump to save their namesake in spite of trade manipulation. What can they do without him?
Cleveland Magazine
Ibrahim, a Syrian doctor living in Cleveland, struggles to maintain a life in Trump-era U.S. while his faraway parents's health lingers. Miles Ahead actor and Akron-based pianist Theron Brown is quickly becoming Northeast Ohio's leading jazz musicians under 30.
Crain's
For decades, a bridge has divided two neighborhoods. A duo of art professors and a newly-elected Mayor King hopes to remedy that gap. The city's most competitive chef has months to prepare for the WorldChefs Olympics. Can he win gold in the competition of his life? The stars of the continually-rising maker scene are hitting their best year ever. Will a "super-local Etsy" start-up sway future profits?
Edible
Zeleke Belete just opened up the city's second Ethiopian restaurant. He's hopeful his spot will be the place for tibs outside Addis Ababa.
Fresh Water
A 27-year-old skateboarding organizer is running for City Hall chief despite tough competition. Does he have a chance at winning? Two record-pressing aficionados are making big headway in the ongoing vinyl renaissance by experimenting with custom, colored discs. RNC week in Cleveland was an undeniable media circus. Here are the affects of The Donald's arrival in a city that was ready to handle him.
Grow Forth
A story of two Little Italys: one that became the city's go-to Italian hotspot. The other was doomed to be a ghost town. Is the Farmer's Almanac, the age-old handbook, still pertinent in today's world of app-praising fieldworkers and climatologist skeptics?
Akron Life
The 50-year-old Akron Hiking Club played a role in the surge of outdoors interest in the seventies, thanks to just a few veteran 'blazers.
Kent State Magazine
Jazz saxophonist and professor Bobby Selvaggio looks into why his Transcendental Orchestra is on the fringe on the regional scene.
The Burr
Can an unofficial golden age of Kent and Akron area DIY music be rekindled amid police and municipal threats? Poised to go back with a scholarship-funded American education, students ponder, What's to come in Saudi Arabia's future?
