How Hip-Hop Carjacked a Historic Ohio Wheel Company
Cleveland Scene |
October 1, 2007
Tags: transportation
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Baseball: Where Have All the Black Guys Gone?new
Consider it fallout from the epidemic of black dads abandoning their families. Today, about 50 percent of black kids are raised in female single-parent homes, versus 16 percent of white kids. That trend wreaks unique havoc on baseball. As Indians ace C.C. Sabathia puts it: "It's a sport you play with your daddy."
Cleveland Scene |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
06-13-2008 |
Sports
The Kickdrums May be Hip-hop's Next Big Beatmakersnew
And they work out of a closet in Avon, Ohio.
Cleveland Scene |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
04-28-2008 |
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Tags: hip-hop, beatmakers, 50 Cent, M.O.P., Alex Fitts, Matt Penttila, Ray Cash, The Kickdrums, Verbal, Young Wazzie
A Cleveland Cure for the Sneakerhead Cultnew
Welcome to Cleveland's Got Sole. Billed as a "shoe summit and showcase," it aims to court an obsessive cult: people who have taken their devotion to athletic shoes to scholarly heights.
Cleveland Scene |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
03-21-2008 |
Shopping
Tags: shopping
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Forgive Us Our Trespassesnew
The world called Paul Pelton the 'Nightcrawler of Lorain' after police arrested him for videotaping a grisly crash scene and trying to sell the footage. It was a devastating story, except it wasn't true.
Cleveland Scene |
Sam Allard |
08-19-2015 |
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The Corvette Thiefnew
78-year-old Dan Ott has stolen more than 1,000 cars in his life. And left plenty of damage along the way
Cleveland Scene |
Vince Grzegorek |
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The Struggle at Schoolnew
Are new policies at Cleveland's most diverse high school helping Hispanic students or leaving them further behind?
Cleveland Scene |
Eric Sandy |
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Law & Order: C.L.E.new
What happens when the police need prosecuting?
Cleveland Scene |
Sam Allard |
01-20-2015 |
Crime & Justice
Forgotten Assaultnew
A brutal attack on two transgender women in 2011 foreshadowed several troubling years of violent crime against the LGBT community in Cleveland, and the city's ill-equipped ability to respond.
Cleveland Scene |
Eric Sandy |
12-24-2014 |
LGBT
Tags: hate crimes
