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...
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Opinion
All opinions are that of the writers and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Streetvibes staff or Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition
- Feb 25, 2022
- 4 min
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 3, 2022
- 3 min
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...
- Nov 25, 2021
- 5 min
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 11, 2021
- 5 min
Density and Affordable Housing
By Dr. Mark Mussman Increasing density does not automatically create affordable housing, it requires regulations, or else housing prices...
- Sep 7, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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,...
- Aug 23, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 6 min
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 10, 2021
- 3 min
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...
- Jul 22, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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 10, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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...
- Feb 20, 2020
- 3 min
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 7, 2020
- 3 min
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...
- Nov 1, 2019
- 4 min
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...
- Sep 11, 2019
- 2 min
Massacre Mysteries
By Robert Park Every time it happens – some pathetic individual walks into some institution (often their employer) fully locked and...
- Sep 11, 2019
- 3 min
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...
- Jun 6, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
“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...
- May 8, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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...
- Apr 18, 2019
- 6 min
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...
- Mar 28, 2019
- 2 min
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 25, 2019
- 3 min
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 12, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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...
- Feb 22, 2019
- 2 min
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 21, 2019
- 4 min
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...
- Jan 18, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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...
- Nov 9, 2016
- 5 min
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...
- Sep 9, 2016
- 5 min
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, 2016
- 3 min
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, 2016
- 3 min
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...
- Sep 9, 2016
- 1 min
Getting Refocused On Voting Rights 101- An Upcoming Voting Rights Workshop
By Bill Woods 2016 is a critical year to know your voting rights. The opportunity to get the latest update concerning Hamilton County and...
- Aug 26, 2016
- 7 min
Won't You Be A Navigator?
By Steve Sunderland, PhD Dear Friends: As I think about what is important to say to this year's entering class of medical students, I...
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