Opinion

All opinions are that of the writers and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Streetvibes staff or Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition

The Culture Wars - Part of the Effort to Reassert White Power in the U.S.

By Bill Woods The culture wars are raging in this country. As if the current threats to democracy aren't sufficient to keep us active and...

Mar 21, 20224 min read

The Winter of Our Discontent

By Bill Woods "Now is the winter of our discontent." This famous line from Shakespeare's play, "Richard III," certainly captures the mood...

Feb 25, 20224 min read

Writing Through the Winter

By Alex McIntosh The winter blues are a reality for many of us. The cold season was difficult enough before COVID, but surges and...

Feb 3, 20223 min read

Prioritize the People: will a new city council bring new values?

By Dr. Mark Mussman With a new set of council members starting in January alongside a new mayor, Cincinnati is poised to start a new era....

Nov 25, 20215 min read

Density and Affordable Housing

By Dr. Mark Mussman Increasing density does not automatically create affordable housing, it requires regulations, or else housing prices...

Nov 11, 20215 min read

Tokyo Olympics - More Than A Needed Escape As Athletes Provide Positive Lessons For Politicians

By Bill Woods The Tokyo Olympics are over. Being immersed in the hundreds of events that took place for two weeks in Japan offered a way...

Sep 7, 20213 min read

Out with the Old, In with the Few

By Dr. Mark Mussman Have you noticed a lot of empty buildings in your neighborhood? Maybe uptown? In Mt. Auburn, near Christ Hospital,...

Sep 7, 20215 min read

The Olympics, Mental Health, and the Pandemic

By Katelyn Lusher On July 28th, gymnast Simone Biles, a gold medalist in the 2016 Olympics, shocked the world when she decided to...

Aug 23, 20214 min read

How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going? Making Sense Out of Current Events in the U.S.

By Bill Woods Where does this country seem to be headed? Normally journalists face enough of a job just sorting out the facts and telling...

Aug 23, 20216 min read

Afghanistan– the Pain Will Continue

By Robert Park First, the crumbling British empire and its competitors divided up South Asia into manageable post-colonial client states...

Aug 10, 20213 min read

Racism and Architecture

By Katelyn Lusher Gentrification has a certain “look.” Once you know the telltale signs, it is impossible to not notice, even if you are...

Jul 22, 20214 min read

A Tale of Two Pandemics

By Gabriela Godinez Feregrino The emotional push and pull of science during a pandemic is an experience no one was prepared for. Just...

Jul 22, 20213 min read

What a good cop union would look like (haven’t seen one yet)

By Robert Park We live in a sick society, one wracked with racism, xenophobia (fear of foreigners), and ignorance, and infected with...

Jul 10, 20203 min read

The Unforgiven

By David Ledesma We have not been accepted. We have been forgiven. And some of us, not even that. It was not like the system woke up one...

Jul 10, 20204 min read

Combating Half-Truths: The Power of Recording Our Stories

By Gabriela Godinez Right now it seems as though there is almost nothing we can control. We engage in with the news and we are hit with...

Feb 20, 20203 min read

A January Political Roundup

By Bill Woods So begins a major political year. As this piece is being written, the House of Representatives prepares to send the two...

Feb 7, 20203 min read

Big Media Vs. Street Papers:Sparking Conversation

By Martha Stephens I read almost every issue of Streetvibes. It tells truths you can’t find in any other paper. I always like the column...

Nov 1, 20194 min read

Massacre Mysteries

By Robert Park Every time it happens – some pathetic individual walks into some institution (often their employer) fully locked and...

Sep 11, 20192 min read

Crater Logic: Lamenting the State of Our Potholes, A Letter

By Felix Winternitz Pothole season is now in full swing, as cracked sidewalks and roadways abound in the sizzling summer heat. So what...

Sep 11, 20193 min read

An Overlooked Piece Of Good News

By Bill Woods With Trump's "national emergency," the Mueller Report, and other horrendous news swirling around Washington, D.C., one...

Jun 6, 20193 min read

“The Tribune Of the People”: Marxism and The Struggle Against Oppression

By Raya In What Is To Be Done?, Lenin argued that a socialist party must be a “tribune of the people” that “is able to react to every...

Jun 6, 20193 min read

3rd of Main

By Joey Williams Being on the third floor of the Main library branch of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County brings back...

May 8, 20194 min read

No Autonomy: Eugenics and Abortion

By Gabriela Godinez Feregrino Abortion law and reproductive rights have always been a hot topic in the United States, but recently there...

May 8, 20193 min read

The Public: A Review

By Dr. Mark Mussman The Public, a full length motion picture filmed in Cincinnati, centers around the public library, its workers, and...

Apr 18, 20196 min read

Opi-Hate At The Top

By Robert Park A monotonous seemingly endless series of almost daily full-page ads in the NY Times from Purdue Pharma explained what a...

Mar 28, 20192 min read

Anti-vax Movements and Social Media

By Gabriela Godinez Feregrino With the recent measles outbreak, the anti-vaxer movement has come to the foreground once again. I’ve seen...

Mar 25, 20193 min read

Gentrification: The Destruction of the Poor

By Janiah Miller I grew up in Newport, Kentucky, but I still had connections to Cincinnati because of my family, they live across the 52...

Mar 12, 20193 min read

Racial Analysis within Homelessness

By Patricia Patton It was a chilly crisp morning as I walked to the bus stop on my way to work. Almost daily after I arrive and secure my...

Mar 12, 20192 min read

Reflections On African-Americans And Politics - 1963-2019

By Bill Woods How have African- Americans fared in the political process in the last five and a half decades? This period covers the...

Mar 12, 20194 min read

History Isn’t a Series of Stories

By Josh Spring When we talk about history, we tend to discuss particular individuals, groups or campaigns that were covered in abundance...

Mar 12, 20193 min read

Soccer, Sound, Symphonies and Displacement

By Josh Spring FC Cincinnati has petitioned the City of Cincinnati to make a significant zoning change to the area of the West End they...

Feb 22, 20192 min read

Wholly Unrecognizable

By Dr. Mark Mussman I recently attended a college reunion where a couple people used the same term to describe Cincinnati today: wholly...

Feb 21, 20194 min read

Getting Beyond Benign Neglect

By Bill Woods The period connecting the end of the old year and the start of the new one often prompts thinking about past events and...

Jan 18, 20193 min read

Shutdown Easy

By Robert Park It’s really very simple. The Democrats announce that two can play this disgusting game (shutting down our government that...

Jan 18, 20192 min read

JILL AND JIM: STAR-CROSSED PEACENIKS

By Jim Luken I admit it. I have something of a teenage crush on Green Party Candidate Jill Stein. I guess a 72 year old can still feel...

Nov 9, 20165 min read

Being Brave in Freedom Land: Sitting Down For Good

By Dr. Mark Mussman In my last article, I used some of Melissa Mosby’s words to describe the situation that she saw while living on the...

Sep 9, 20165 min read

Engagement Woes: Let's Involve Us All

By Key Beck Ella Baker, an African-American civil rights and human rights activist, whose career spanned over five decades was noted as...

Sep 9, 20163 min read

From the Director: Cincinnati Is Racist

By Josh Spring Homelessness and poverty in this city (and country) are major issues of race and racism. In almost every building we go in...