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  • Black woman with black hair in multicolored shirt smiles in front of green plants and brown wood

    Tracy K. Smith Goes Operatic With 'Castor and Patience'

    The Cincinnati Opera commissioned the United States poet laureate to develop a work based on her story about two cousins arguing over the future of inherited land.

    Sameer Rao Jul 11, 2018 11:32AM EDT
    Ray Tensing. White man in black and white striped jail outfit, flanked by police officers.

    Judge Declares Second Mistrial in Trial for Police Killing of Samuel DuBose

    Now prosecutors have to decide if they will try former University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing again for killing the unarmed Black man.

    Kenrya Rankin Jun 23, 2017 5:41PM EDT
    Black and white people in line against green grass

    Long Early Voting Lines Illustrate Need for More Polling Places

    One line in Cincinnati was a half-mile long. A new Vox report lays the blame not on enthusiastic early voter turnout, but polling place deficiencies.

    Sameer Rao Nov 7, 2016 2:28PM EST
    White man wearing glasses with camera

    STUDY: Police Body Cameras in Danger of Being Used as 'Instruments of Injustice'

    The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights examined body-worn camera policies in 50 municipalities. It was not impressed.

    Kenrya Rankin Aug 3, 2016 10:42AM EDT
    White man in navy suit and red-striped tie stands behind a wooden podium with U.S. and Ohio flags in the backgound

    No Charges for Mom Whose Son Fell Into Gorilla Enclosure

    Prosecutor: “Had she been in the bathroom smoking crack and let her kids run around the zoo, that’d be a different story.”

    Kenrya Rankin Jun 7, 2016 10:55AM EDT

    Animal Rights Activists Want Justice for Gorilla Killed to Save Child

    #JusticeForHarambe?

    Kenrya Rankin May 31, 2016 12:38PM EDT
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