Social Justice
When it comes to opportunity, the bar is not set at the same height for everyone. Race, gender and identity can play a big role in allowing some to leap ahead while holding others back. WKSU is committed to examining both the obstacles and barriers that exist as well as the solutions that are available in Northeast Ohio. Our goal is to focus attention on issues that affect individuals, neighborhoods and communities who lack a voice.
Each month, reporter M.L. Schultze digs deeply into stories which help us to give you a better understanding of serious social issues and the greater impacts they have. It’s reporting that that has a resonance locally while at the same time tells a story that is all too common people all across the country.
M.L. SCHULTZE/WKSUWhen the housing bubble burst, it left a trail of dilapidated homes in Ohio’s cities and rural communities. A decade later, that gave birth to a new problem for those communities: lease-to-own deals that promised a piece of the American dream but often turned out to be nightmares.
M.L. Schultze/WKSUThis article was updated on January 14, 2020.For a century, the Mahoning Valley has ebbed and flowed with the fortunes of traditional manufacturing. Now,…
Over the last seven years, Ohio’s been slowly changing a set of laws that many believe keeps people from getting jobs, paying child support, even…