CLEVELAND, Ohio — At Christmas, we ask children to believe.
We ask them to believe in magic, in generosity, in the idea that the world is kinder and safer than it sometimes feels. We hang lights, bake cookies, wrap gifts and tuck our littles into bed, assuring them that home is a place where nothing bad will happen to them.
At Rainbow Terrace, families are being asked to believe in something far more unsettling: that it is safe to live in a housing complex where a deadly explosion occurred — even though the city still cannot explain what caused it or whether it could happen again…