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Lorie Baker

Lorie Baker is a trauma-informed investigative journalist and contributing writer. She reports from the frontlines of conflict, custody courts, and institutional coverups — always with one hand on the archives and the other on the pulse of the silenced. She is accredited through the U.S. State Dept. and the White House Correspondents’ Assoc.

Lorie Baker's Latest Articles

Price Hill rises on its own terms

The focus goes beyond development—it’s about making sure the people who carried the neighborhood through hard years share in what comes next.

No Kings, no party lines: A different crowd takes shape in the Queen City

Speakers addressed the fragility of democracy and authoritarianism. Civic organizations recruited people for voter registration, mutual aid, nonviolent disruption, strikes, boycotts and other coordinated-action efforts.

From constitutional amendment to access  

A conversation with journalist Amanda Becker and PPSWO ACT’s Nan Whaley about the forces influencing reproductive rights today.

At the Taft Museum of Art, a 40-year legacy meets a living artist

The inspiration for the Duncanson program is literally painted on the walls inside.

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.

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.

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