Realpower.TV - Kenn Dowell, Founding Editor

Realpower.TV - Kenn Dowell, Founding Editor

Black Mothers Die at Three Times the Rate. Most of It Is Preventable.
Kenn Dowell. Cleveland-born, Glenville-raised. Never afraid to say what needs to be said.
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They Said James Woods Wasn’t a Crime Victim. Now a Federal Bill Carries His Name.
Kenn Dowell. Cleveland-born, Glenville-raised. Never afraid to say what needs to be said.
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A Cleveland Pastor Wrote a Dating Policy for Her Leaders. Every Church Needs One.
On Sanctified & Stilettos, Dr. Heather E. Burton sat down with two single Cleveland pastors. What came out was a lesson in power that reaches well past…
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Cleveland Lost Josh Edmonds Once. Now the Country Calls Him a Visionary.
Two years ago he sat at my table, bruised from City Hall. This summer his industry handed him three national awards. The lesson is about us, not him.
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Follow the Child: Why Cuyahoga County Needs SMART Plus
Recovery begins with the parent. Support must continue with the child.
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Trump Gave Pastor Darrell Scott a CDC Seat on Tobacco. Black Lungs Are the Stake.
The Cleveland Observer laid out what the appointment is and what it isn’t. Here is what it means for the people who pay the tobacco bill.
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The Adults Convicted the Glenville Kids Before Any Judge Did
Eleven Glenville football players were charged. Before any court ruled, the grown-ups had already delivered a verdict. A retired Cleveland judge on what…
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September 2026

Mayor Bibb Had 15 Months to Take Care of 44 Families. It Took One Mother to Move Him.
She lived through the Rainbow Terrace explosion. Fifteen months later, she stood at a council microphone and forced City Hall to answer. The RealPower…
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The Only Black Man on That Jury Wouldn’t Sign. Now He’s the One Being Investigated.
Eleven white jurors were ready to sign. The one Black man in the room would not. Now reporters are pulling his records and a blogger has published his…
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Give Us the Ballot: Choosing Life in a Democracy
Dr. C. Jay Matthews makes the moral case for the ballot, from Reconstruction through Selma to Ohio’s 2026 trifecta, and argues that the Black Church…
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Ohio Already Requires Voter ID. So What Is Issue 3 Actually For?
The amendment changes nothing on Election Day. That is the part worth reading twice.
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“Nappy” Is a Haircut in the Barbershop. In the Beauty Shop, It’s a Fight
My daughter corrected me about her hair. What I found when I went looking was bigger than my mistake.
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