It’s nice to already know the Republicans’ strategy as they lurch toward the long and bumpy road to someone else’s presidency. Removes the mystery. Their new mantra, in GOP-speak: So long, ladies. I’ll give them this: They’re no longer pretending to care about us. Yay for them for ending that charade. They don’t want us, […]
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Diaper dilemma that shouldn’t be
A worrisome trend in this country illustrates in the starkest terms how a mother’s income affects not only her baby’s health but hers, too. Child Trends — a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center — reported in 2013 that low-income parents, especially single mothers, have higher rates of depression and depressive symptoms than mothers with higher incomes. […]
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Clawing through the fog of a widow’s grief
Like so many people, my past 30 days have been full of the usual mishmash that makes life so crazy normal. I wrote two letters to my 7-year-old grandson, covered a peace march through the streets of Cleveland and cut dog hair out of the vacuum roller. I watched LeBron lead the Cleveland Cavaliers into […]
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Peaceful rally in Cleveland provides hope for change
Last Sunday, 88-year-old Lois Mickey Nash sat in church as talk swirled around her about an upcoming march through the streets of Cleveland, and she made a decision. “I’m going to march,” she said to herself. Not her usual thing to do. After church, she announced her plans to her 89-year-old sister, Catherine Mickey Johnson, […]
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First quote Jesus; then punish the poor
Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker.” — Proverbs 14:31 It’s not my habit to start a column with a quotation from the Bible, but this one’s loaded with self-professed Christians, so why not? In the mid-1990s, during my time as a metro reporter and feature writer for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, I […]
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Connie Schultz: Documentary on 1970 shootings resonates today
As a ’79 graduate of Kent State University, I was eager to watch PBS’ new documentary on the 1970 campus shootings, which killed four students and wounded nine others. By the time the program was scrolling final credits, I was reeling from a sense of the all-too-familiar. “The Day the ’60s Died” debuted Monday night […]
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Connie Schultz: Hit the road, Hillary, and start in Ohio
In my wildest dreams, I would never suggest campaign strategy to Hillary Clinton, but in my wakeful hours, my temples pulse with ideas. For a while, I’ve thought it best to keep my thoughts to myself, but that was before I started seeing all kinds of advice coming from people who never wait to be […]
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Connie Schultz: Unraveling the myths of community colleges
Months before Caitlin Johnson graduated from high school, she opened Ohio State University’s early-decision letter and felt the doors open wide. For as long as she could remember, she’d wanted to go to OSU’s veterinary school. She was on her way. But on the drive home with her parents after visiting the campus, she heard […]
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Connie Schultz: A dialogue that should not be silenced
Last Sunday, before the game between the Cleveland Browns and the Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland wide receiver Andrew Hawkins walked out on the pregame field wearing a T-shirt to challenge our nation’s conscience. The front of his shirt read, “Justice for Tamir Rice and John Crawford III.” On the back: “The real Battle of Ohio.” I […]
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Connie Schultz: We must not surrender to despair
This is how a Dec. 8 editorial of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board began: “For the next two months, we are turning off the comment function on all editorials, columns and letters in the opinion section. “Why? “Ferguson.” Isn’t it something how we know immediately what the writer meant? Our inherent understanding suggests something […]