Where should we start when considering Cleveland? Do we begin with Lake Erie catching on fire? Or maybe we should start with the Browns’ two losses to the Denver Broncos. We could mention the Indians (now Guardians) losing the World Series in the ninth inning of game seven. That’s howContinue Reading
Join the Greater Cleveland Film Commission (GCFC) as we host American University professors and documentarians Caty Borum Chattoo and Northeast Ohio-native Leena Jayaswal for the MIXED Cleveland Premiere & Community Conversations around their new documentary! MIXED Documentary is a presentation of the Center for Asian American Media with funding provided byContinue Reading
The recent CDC guideline of not having to wear a mask has only added to what some might consider a stress-filled existence. The pandemic brought with it family concerns and has created a new kind of worry for some people. That worry can be compounded when there is no outlet orContinue Reading
Are we going to hell in a handbasket? It sure feels like it. Our country is enmeshed in a tsunami of conflict, cancel culture, power struggles, environmental issues, and violence. Oh, and the pandemic. Life is a mess right now as the usual paradigms by which we live and operateContinue Reading
If you were asked to take ten seconds to name someone you know with high blood pressure, diabetes, or heart disease, you probably wouldn’t need a second. Unfortunately, the African American community is at high risk for a variety of illnesses and conditions that we’re all too familiar with, andContinue Reading
My mother had peculiar fears about drowning, so, she arranged for us to take swimming lessons at a very young age. I love water, and swimming is a very sweet spot even now. Good swimmers know how, or more importantly, when to breathe. They master breath control because surviving inContinue Reading
Before the pandemic hit, dating life was already hard for singles and divorcees looking for their forever love. When the pandemic hit, it made it near impossible to find the right person. For single people everywhere, the thought of going online became the only option. The problem with online datingContinue Reading
We all remember the movie, Antwone Fisher, starring Denzel Washington and Derek Luke as Antwone. It was about a little boy who grew up in the foster care program, alone, angry, and abused by his foster parents. The movie was a story about forgiveness and the relentless pursuit of survival.Continue Reading
As Clark Kellogg prepares for this year’s NCAA Tournament, he cannot help but think about all the things that have changed since the last tourney. The pandemic, the stress of the presidential election, intolerance, cancel culture, and the growing rift brought on by racism. After the death of George Floyd,Continue Reading
The great migration of the American Negro in the 1920s and 1930s to the North was supposed to bring economic freedom and opportunity. For the most part, it did. Blacks escaped poverty through education and good-paying factory jobs. What they still could not escape is what Charles M. Blow eloquentlyContinue Reading
