Becoming a professional athlete is one of the highest accomplishments one can achieve. Becoming an NFL football player sits right up there with a superhero. That is why most people expect athletes to never have mere mortal problems. There is no way that they could ever struggle with mental depressionContinue Reading
Cleveland has always been home to some of the most talented people in the country. CODE M Magazine celebrates those men in this issue. Meet some of the men of color who are impacting our community and Northeast Ohio. – Justin Bibb – CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, URBANOVA Justin Bibb isContinue 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
CODE M Magazine would like to share in the celebration of International Women’s Day. This is a great time to celebrate women in general. During the pandemic women have become the leaders in providing care, protection, and respite for the one they love. Celebrate with us as we say thankContinue Reading
CODE M Magazine would like to share in the celebration of International Women’s Day. This is a great time to celebrate women in general. During the pandemic women have become the leaders in providing care, protection, and respite for the one they love. Celebrate with us as we say thankContinue Reading
I had the recent pleasure of meeting Curtis Wilson through an introduction from my father. Even though we both grew up in Akron, Curtis is just enough older than me that we didn’t cross paths. But given the nature of relationships and the wonderfully rich Black community in my hometown,Continue Reading
I am reeling after one of the coldest nights in Houston, Texas. We were wrapped in old ski clothes, that for some reason, I never tossed, along with mounds of blankets, praying the repair man who is “a friend of a friend” would be able to get the heat backContinue 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
There was a huge, collective sigh when the new year was rung in and on January 20, a new president was inaugurated. 2020 was indeed a tough year rife with a lot of drama, upset, threats, fear, anger, and death. There were marches, protests, violence, and heartache. Then a pandemicContinue Reading
For many Blacks, there did not need to be a pandemic for them to suffer. Black people already have the struggle of health, lower incomes, and systemic racism. While 2020 seemingly brought untold misery and despair to everyone, for Blacks, the struggle of how to survive just made us changeContinue Reading
