Last year three Cincinnati City Council members were indicted on federal bribery charges, leading many to believe there is a culture of corruption at City Hall. But what leads a person to cheat? With so many members of council allegedly gaming the system, is corruption contagious?

She has given 25 years of leadership to the Cincinnati Ballet. Now Artistic Director Victoria Morgan announces she is retiring at the end of the 2021-22 season. Morgan makes her announcement just as the ballet begins moving into a new building. The company has a soft opening in the new $31 million Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance in Walnut Hills June 14.

Students at Carson School in West Price Hill saw a need in their community and stepped in to help. Teacher Stacey Jones says her students worked with Turner Construction to build a "little pantry" in front of the school to feed the community.

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Scholars are beginning to examine intellectual property in the lens of critical race theory and considering how to make classrooms more inclusive spaces. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University College of Law Dean Deidré Keller discusses intellectual property and the future of diversity and inclusion in an upcoming talk at the University of Dayton. Keller argues that intellectual property law historically has protected the power of whiteness and in reimaging critical race intellectual

Recently, a curriculum that explores America's racist history has drawn fire from conservatives across the country and prompted legislation to keep it from being taught in public schools.

Even through the pandemic, the real estate market stayed hot. New listings are flying off the streets almost as soon as they appear, and often sell above asking price with more than the occasional bidding war. Coldwell Banker Realtor Sue Besl Price says in Cincinnati, the average sale price is up 21% from 2019.

There are few things sports fans love more than a good old-fashioned, bitter rivalry. That's especially true in Greater Cincinnati. If we can't taste championships, we can at least savor the occasional victory over our hated regional foes.

Last week, Cincinnati Public Schools reached a $3 million settlement with the family of Gabriel Taye, the Carson Elementary School student who died by suicide in 2017 after he was bullied at school.

While the Vietnam War ended 50 years ago, the legacies of that conflict have left a lasting scar. That's the findings of a new report from the University of Dayton Human Rights Center, which contends that Vietnam War-era policies underlie much of the militarization of today's society as well as political and social polarization and violence.