By Carla Calhoun Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor, director, producer, and activist born on February 20, 1927. He was born prematurely during his parents’ vacation in Miami, Florida, thus giving him American citizenship. Poitier grew up on Cat Island, Bahamas until the age of 14, when he returned to the United States to live […]
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Hough On The Rise
By Bruce Checefsky The City of Cleveland Land Reutilization Program (Land Bank) is one of five legacy land banks in the United States. It was established in 1976 to foster the return of nonproductive land in the City of Cleveland to productive reuse. The program acquires vacant land and markets it to individuals, developers, and […]
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Who Are These Black Clevelanders?
Staff Writer Bill Cobbs was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, where his parents were hard-working people, who instilled in him a sense of self-reliance and humility. As an amateur actor at the city’s Karamu House Theater, he starred in the Ossie Davis play “Purlie Victorious.” Cobbs was an Air Force radar technician for eight […]
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Issue 24: Consent Decree Court Hearings, Bibb’s Budget & 100-Day Goals
This is part of an ongoing series of monthly articles about the implementation of Issue 24 and how you can become involved in the fight for our public safety. Read the last issue on theclevelandobserver.com By Yugan Sakthi Into the third month of 2022, the police reforms of Issue 24 — incorporated into the City […]
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Why Putin Wants War in Ukraine
By Ron Calhoun The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a “Me, Me!” selfish cry for attention. President Vladimir Putin’s primary excuse for the exercise is to have a say in Ukraine’s future and its political direction. The second reason for the invasion is to keep NATO off its borders. It’s that simple! (See map. Blue […]
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Local Organization provides warmth
By Wally Espada This winter has been cold. And here on Center, at our Cleveland Job Corps, we welcomed the opportunity to be the recipient of The SPOT Youth Empowerment Organization’s benevolence in choosing our Center to bring warmth sponsored by Project Warm. Having recently opened our Center to receive new students following such a […]
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Port Clinton Physician Sentenced to Prison for Prescribing Controlled Substances Without Medical Necessity and Health Care Fraud
U.S. Attorneys » Northern District of Ohio » News Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that William Bauer, 85, of Port Clinton, Ohio, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary to 5 years in prison and was ordered to pay $464,099.14 in restitution, of which $253,300.55 will be paid to Medicare and […]
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Animal Cruelty is a Federal Crime: PACT Act Law Passed
On November 25, 2019, the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act, a federal anti-cruelty bill, was passed and is now law. https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/724/all-info This animal protection measure sailed through the House of Representatives and the Senate with unanimous support and was signed by (former) President Trump. Humane groups that worked for the bill’s passage are […]
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Our Over-Dependence on Electronics
EDITORIAL: By Melvin Twigg Mason For such a well-connected world, it amazes me how greatly DIS-connected we truly are! “Why is it so important to have your cell phone in your hands at all times?” I asked this of my teen-aged nieces and nephews recently. They told me it’s to stay connected to what’s going […]
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Fire Safety – The Numbers
By Melvin Twigg Mason Said to be one of the deadliest house fires in U.S. history, the Jan. 5 tragedy at a row house in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia left 12 dead, including 8 children. At the time of this writing, a cause for the fire was not yet determined. There were only two […]