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HB6 Scandal: Six Years Later, Questions Remain About Taxpayer Costs and Accountability
Columbus, Ohio — Nearly six years after the passage of House Bill 6 (HB 6), the controversial energy bailout legislation tied to the largest public corruption case in Ohio history, taxpayers are still paying the price. The law has cost Ohioans more than half a billion dollars, and questions remain about who was involved and how deeply.

RoShawn Winburn
Aug 153 min read
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Dayton NAACP President Earns 54th NAACP Image Award
Dayton NAACP President Earns 54th NAACP Image Award

Ohio Black Media Collective
Feb 28, 20234 min read
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America and its killing fields
America is exceptional with more guns than people. It's not enough to send up a prayer for the dead; send out a policy change for the living

The Dayton Weekly News
Feb 24, 20235 min read
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Officer Who Hit Dayton Woman in McDonald's Dispute Placed on Leave
An Ohio police officer who struck a Black woman, as she was taken into custody at a McDonald's, has been placed on paid administrative leave

The Dayton Weekly News
Jan 28, 20233 min read
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Returns After COVID-19 Hiatus
Dayton's Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Returns After COVID-19 Hiatus

Carol Prewitt
Jan 24, 20233 min read
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Community and Local Leaders Question Use of Force on a Paraplegic Citizen
By now I am sure that you have seen the video of Clifford Owensby, a paraplegic man being yanked from his car by his hair last Thursday...

The Dayton Weekly News
Oct 18, 20214 min read
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The Limits of Carceral Logic in Dayton and the United States
The traffic stop began with the same cruel banality so many traffic stops in Black communities do: with a pretense. In this case the...

Jason Harrison
Oct 17, 20214 min read
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When the Gem City Shone, but Violence Persisted
by Jason Harrison @presenttensefit Photo: Jason Reynolds /WYSO Who keep it a hundred when everything's partial? Dignity and sanity is...

Jason Harrison
Aug 26, 20213 min read
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