Sherrod Brown Gets Back to Work
Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown’s decision last week to skip the 2020 Democratic presidential race took a lot of people by surprise, but not those who know him well or have studied his long political...
Steve Driehaus Finds His True North
The former politician leads Cincinnati Compass, the region's "Welcome Wagon" for immigrants, after years of Peace Corps service in Africa.
Meet the New Scripps
The Cincinnati-based media giant has embraced the news industry's new-age digital revolution by investing in old-school journalism. Will it work?
Web of Exploitation: How the Construction Industry Systematically Short-Changes Immigrant Workers
How local construction subcontractor R&R Steel got caught paying immigrant workers way less than they were due.
Waiting For The Great Leap Forward
The state of Chinese-American relations at Miami University.
Will Tom Ford’s Film Induce Austin Wright’s Literary Rebirth?
The fourth of Wright's seven novels, Tony and Susan, has been released as a stylish noir film by director Tom Ford. Retitled Nocturnal Animals, the movie opened in selected theaters Nov. 14 and stars Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal.
Can Aftab Pureval Pop the Republican Machine’s Bubble?
The 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. As an underdog Democrat, he’s challenging Republican incumbent Tracy Winkler for the office of Hamilton County Clerk of Courts, the least understood but perhaps most pivotal post in the county’s system of justice.
Molly Wellmann is the Craftiest Barkeep in Town
And now she’s transforming the Queen City’s bar scene.
Junkie’s Big Adventure
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.
