© 2024 Ideastream Public Media

1375 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115
(216) 916-6100 | (877) 399-3307

WKSU is a public media service licensed to Kent State University and operated by Ideastream Public Media.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Ideas Sunday - February 24, 2019

Former Cleveland Scene reporter Kyle Swenson's new book, "Good Kids, Bad City: A Story of Race and Wrongful Conviction in America" chronicles the story of three young black Clevelanders wrongfully convicted of murder in 1975. They spent decades in prison before Swenson shined a light on their case and then the lone witness responsible for their convictions admitted he'd lied as a child. They were exonerated in 2014. Swenson and Kwame Ajamu, one of the wrongfully convicted, join us for a conversation.

A digital memory bank hopes to preserve oral history, as the Holocaust generation slips away.

Plus, Dave's Markets is owned and operated by the Salztman family, which now extends to a fifth generation. As the family grows, so does the retail space. There are now 14 Dave's outlets -- but as a new store opens this week, the flagship location on Payne Avenue closes its doors for good.

stephanie.jarvis@ideastream.org | 216-916-6340