Replacing parking lots with flowers, trees and animals isn't a hard sell, and at $9.44 a year for a $100,000 house it's what most voters would call a no-brainer. That's what the Cincinnati Zoo  

Modern day slavery, also known as human trafficking, is alive and well. It happens in war-torn Africa, where 9-year-old kids carry semi-automatic weapons after their parents sell them into the m  

Coverage of a hearing in front of the U.S. Supreme Court last month referred to a "death penalty case," but the case isn't going to make much difference in efforts to abolish the death penalty.  

Corporations rule Cincinnati. No shocker there. But would you let a business control your child's education? How about the way you vote? What about the efforts of the charitable causes you suppo  

A pile of 100 letters chronicle the violence experienced by a teenage girl who ultimately married her abuser. When her family found them among her personal effects after her slaying by the same ma  

Women have fewer reproductive rights now than when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Roe. v. Wade that banning abortions is unconstitutional under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment. The   

Kayaking, planting gardens and using rain barrels hardly seem to be common activities in January, when temps in Cincinnati drop into the single digits, but that's exactly what "at risk" teens   

Special occasions from the obscure to the bizarre With 365 days, 52 weeks and 12 months in a year, it would seem that any cause could have the opportunity to highlight its concerns. But with so man  

Fear, hatred and vindictiveness aren't the values most people strive to instill in their children. Nor do politicians tout that kind of stuff when they run for office. Yet that seems to be the m  

Three new members are starting and three old members are leaving, a $66 million deficit looms and the head staffer is leaving in June. What´s a board of education to do? Work hard -- that&#