"In a place like Cleveland, hope comes in small morsels." Alex Kotlowitz, Writer.

There's a reason why, on Tuesday, I was standing in the middle of a sports bar clasping my hands in prayer while watching as the Cleveland Cavaliers let Game 4 slip away.

Though I stood several hundred...

Dear Michael Steel -

From one Hip Hop Head to, well, I guess another, do you mind if I address your latest call on the GOP to engage broader, more diverse groups like the Hip Hop community?

This will only take a sec.

While I...

While citizens simmer down after a climactic election season and a euphoric Inauguration, the economic crisis continues to heat up -- and foreclosed victims are directly under the fire. There's certainly an aura of urgency being felt around the country, especially now since so many citizens are in the midst...

Today, like I do everyday around noon, I moved my car from one side of the street to the other as directed by the Culver City parking limit sign. While waiting at the stop sign, a block from the Brave New Films office (my employer), I watched as three...