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Unemployment Up in Region
Regional News Stories: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Regional woes not helped by local manufacturer idling plants.

Cordray to Face Relative Unknown in Race for Attorney General
Regional News Stories: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
After weeks of speculation, the Ohio Republican Party has named its choice for Ohio Attorney General.

Being Black in America and Northeast Ohio
The Sound of Ideas: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Thirteen percent of the United States population is African American yet nearly half of all HIV cases in the U.S afflict blacks. Also, 49 percent of murder victims are black. On average, African Americans die 5 years earlier than whites. In some urban centers up to 70 percent of black children are raised by a single parent or other relative. And the largest percentage of black Americans are middle-class. Those are some of the figures that indicate what life is like for blacks in Ohio and the rest of America, but what are the stories behind the data? Is there something about being black in America that most Americans don't know? CNN is preparing to tell us about the varied black experience in the U.S. and on The Sound of Ideas®, we'll hear about the experiences of blacks in Northeast Ohio - their struggles and triumphs.

The Glenville Riot
Regional News Stories: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The Glenville Riots of 1968 tell a story of police-community relations that hasn't changed much in 40 years

Getting the Lead Out
Regional News Stories: Monday, July 21, 2008
Tallying the high cost of exposure to lead in Cuyahoga County.

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Resources

Carl & Louis Stokes: From the Projects to Politics
This website tells the stories of how Carl and Louis Stokes "became somebody" and how they truly became American political heroes.