Most Americans have been nursed from the first patriotic flag bib, or at least their first civics class, suckling on the purported superiority of the American political system. But if nothing else g  

In 1992, June Delph's son wrote from California to break the news to his parents that he had AIDS and he'd landed in the hospital. "We didn't know he was gay either," she says. "It was like a doubl  

It's funny, because there have been young adults in Cincinnati for years now. Centuries, even. But ever since Richard Florida hypothesized in his 2002 book The Rise of the Creative Class that young  

Many Over-the-Rhine community members have been ticked off since 3CDC swooped in a year ago and scuttled the 2002 Over-the-Rhine Comprehensive Plan they'd spent four years hashing out for their n  

It looks as though voters will be able to do more Nov. 8 than choose Cincinnati's new mayor and revamp city council; they might also be able to retool Ohio's electoral system. A group called Reform  

Republican mayoral candidate the Rev. Charlie Winburn says it's unfair to judge him by things he wrote to a specific audience 17 years back. Now his defense has gained support from a somewhat surpri  

In the middle of the urban wasteland that is this part of Over-the-Rhine is a gated community where the working poor can earn up to $10,000 in equity just by renting. St. Anthony Village is a clust  

What David Pepper is not: Just a spoiled rich kid leeching off his dad's P&G success. Flashy or spontaneous. A good housekeeper. What David Pepper is: A policy wonk, just this side of being a r  

Pockets of free wireless Internet access called "Lily Pads" could soon bloom all across the city and beyond. The Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber hopes to tether the energy of that project to th  

At last count there were 1,483 people in Hamilton County infected with HIV/AIDS. Of those, the vast majority, or 82 percent, were male. But that was through Dec. 31, 2003, the last period for which