The Fantasy of Integration in Shaker Heights, Ohio

[ad_1] Can the good intentions of affluent liberals create integrated and equitable communities? This is the implied question that underlies so much of the current discourse on race and education. Over the years, we’ve seen dozens of experiments, from school busing to intentionally integrated housing developments, that tell us the answer is no: even the… Continue reading The Fantasy of Integration in Shaker Heights, Ohio

How Ohio Voters Defeated an Effort to Thwart Abortion Rights

[ad_1] Republicans in the Ohio legislature are accustomed to acting with impunity. Thanks to a carefully crafted, veto-proof majority in both chambers that might make Elbridge Gerry blush, they worry little about the popular will in a state that is more evenly divided than the legislature’s agenda would suggest. “We can kind of do what… Continue reading How Ohio Voters Defeated an Effort to Thwart Abortion Rights