Cleveland

Daniel Melendez is program director for TSJ Media, which runs three Spanish-language radio stations in Ohio, including La Mega, and puts out out Spanish-language newspapers and magazines all over the Mid-West.

Cleveland's La Mega radio tries to unite diverse Latin American communities

Spanish-language radio stations aren’t new on the coasts, and they’ve gradually been cropping up in the American heartland, too. La Mega, in Cleveland, is the latest offering; one station playing the pop hits from all over Central America and the Caribbean.

Cleveland's La Mega radio tries to unite diverse Latin American communities

Rust Belt cities, like Pittsburgh, trying to lure more immigrants

Rust Belt cities, like Pittsburgh, trying to lure more immigrants

Cleveland Alarmed After Abduction Case

Cleveland Alarmed After Abduction Case

How to Emerge from Default and Debt: Lessons from Cleveland

How to Emerge from Default and Debt: Lessons from Cleveland

As lockout drags on, more regular people finding their paychecks shrinking

As lockout drags on, more regular people finding their paychecks shrinking

Top of the Hour: One in Seven US Metro Regions Won't Restore Jobs, Morning Headlines

Top of the Hour: One in Seven US Metro Regions Won't Restore Jobs, Morning Headlines
The World

Lebron James plays in Cleveland ... but not as a Cavalier

Tonight, Cleveland's prodigal son Lebron James returns to play in his former home town...but he'll be playing as a member of the Miami Heat. We talk with Ibrahim Abdul-Matin about how fans react when former heroes return in another team's colors.

Lebron James plays in Cleveland ... but not as a Cavalier
The World

Living Cities aims to stretch philanthropic dollars

Has the Living Cities philanthropic collaborative found a way to get the most ameliorative bang for their philanthropic buck? We talk about the changing philosophies of urban renewal, and we speak to two people who will see this money in their cities.

Living Cities aims to stretch philanthropic dollars

High Tech Trash

Is Big Brother about to delve into your trash bin? The City of Cleveland is rolling out an ID system for its trash containers. Those who don't recycle will be fined.

High Tech Trash
The World

Good week/bad week: Cleveland ranks on Forbes' 'misery index'

This week we found that it was good to be a typo, but a very bad week to be Cleveland, Ohio.

Good week/bad week: Cleveland ranks on Forbes' 'misery index'
The World

Anthony Sowell: portrait of a serial killer

Yesterday, 50-year-old registered sex offender Anthony Sowell was formally charged with murder and rape in Ohio's Cuyahoga County Court. The story of Sowell's arrest and arraignment on charges has stunned Cleveland residents.

Anthony Sowell: portrait of a serial killer
The World

Cleveland's plan to fight foreclosures

In Ohio, Cleveland's Cuyahoga County expects at least 13,000 new foreclosures this year, but state Treasurer Jim Rokakis has a plan ? he wants to buy up bad mortgages and sell them back to homeowners in order to keep people in their homes.

Cleveland's plan to fight foreclosures
The World

President Obama Packs The House in Ohio

President Obama is heading to Ohio today on a campaign swing for his health care plan. Dan Bobkoff, reporter for WCPN in Cleveland, is getting ready to join the crowds at Shaker Heights High School and he joins The Takeaway with his take.

President Obama Packs The House in Ohio
The World

Catch a Fire: The Cuyahoga River Lit Up

Forty years ago, the Cuyahoga River, riddled with pollution, burned for 30 minutes. How far has the river's environment come since then? Dan Moulthrop, host of the Sound of Ideas on WCPN in Cleveland, joins The Takeaway from the Cuyahoga to consider this.

Catch a Fire: The Cuyahoga River Lit Up

Putting out the Cuyahoga

Forty years ago the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio was so polluted with industrial waste it regularly caught fire. The national outrage that a 1969 fire sparked helped put in place environmental regulations that would turn the Cuyahoga into a waterway

Putting out the Cuyahoga