Trans Empowerment Network is building infrastructure where formal systems often fall short
Trans mutual aid is not a substitute for public services, nor is it charity. It is a practice rooted in shared responsibility, relationships and trust.
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A labor shortage is hitting Cincinnati. These nonprofit groups are responding with inclusion.
Three organizations demonstrate the lesson that employment that lasts does not begin at the moment of hire. It begins earlier with time, structure and intention.
Kennedy Heights Art Center exhibition offers grief a place to surface and process
58 local artists approach loss as an environment, in spaces people learn to live inside.
Coffee, conversation, and the cost of war
The war did not enter the room through headlines or maps. It came in through voices. Measured. Tired. Precise.
When the safety net vanishes for independent restaurants, community steps forward with Chowdown Cares
In this environment, even a brief disruption can threaten a small restaurant’s ability to stay open.
A federal leadership grant puts Cincinnati Zoo at the center of global conservation
This award strengthens a program that supports emerging conservationists from the communities where conservation work is happening.
No Kings in the Queen City
Despite national rhetoric describing the protests as angry or divisive, it was less outrage than a visible act of care for democracy and for one another.
Families wait while power draws its borders
House Bill 442, the proposed ‘People’s Map,’ seeks to realign representation with Ohio’s actual voting patterns.
The lines between us
Gerrymandering shapes everything: who funds your schools, which neighborhoods share resources, and whether your community gets heard at all.
For Greg Landsman, the future starts in your neighborhood
The resilience in communities is proof the country still has capacity to come together.
