Cleveland-based KeyBank has for years come under fire with accusations that it has systematically failed minority residents in its own hometown, including last November, when the National Community Reinvestment Coalition released a data report chastising the financial institution for "betraying" Black applicants in search of home loans. In 2022, the report found, just 2.6% of KeyBank's Cleveland lending went to Black borrowers, down from 3% the year prior.

Terri Kent, the artistic director of Porthouse Theatre, Kent State University’s summer home on the grounds of Blossom Music Center, states in her program notes... READ MORE

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Jackie Ramey and Dan Deagan, who run the nearby Lakewood Truck Park (among other spots), have spent the past three months converting the former El Carnicero space in Lakewood into Wine Dive (16918 Detroit Ave.), which opened this week. The mission behind the place, says Ramey, is to "toe the line between dive bar and wine bar." “Dan and I love going to dive bars – and honestly the shittier the better,” she says. “But I like to drink wine, and at a dive bar that means the little bottles of Sutter Home or a regular bottle that’s been open for six weeks and tastes like vinegar.”