Posted inHistory

Maya Angelou Becomes First Black Woman on a Quarter

By United States Mint Maya Angelou was a celebrated writer, performer, and social activist. She rose to international prominence as an author after the publication of her groundbreaking autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” Angelou’s published works of verse, non-fiction, and fiction include more than 30 best-selling titles. Angelou’s remarkable career encompassed dance, […]

Posted inCLEVELAND, Development

Drive the $331.3 million Opportunity Corridor

Ohio Department of Transportation OPPORTUNITY CORRIDOR: The purpose of the Opportunity Corridor Project is to improve the transportation system and support planned economic development in the areas between I-490/I-77 and University Circle in Cleveland. The area between I-490 and University Circle includes a part of Cleveland known as the “Forgotten Triangle” due to the lack […]

Posted inTechnology

What is Artificial Intelligence and why used it to look at public records?

By Lucia Walinchus This project was funded by a grant from the Pulitzer Center and provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join the free mailing list for Eye on Ohio as this helps provide more public-service reporting. Meredith Broussard notes in her book, “Artificial Unintelligence,” that “AI” is a bit of […]

Posted inHealth

Domestic violence is more than just physical abuse – Help is available

By Tonya Sams Many people think the label “domestic violence” applies only to violent acts against a lover, but it is much more than that. Domestic violence describes consistent acts of physical, emotional, verbal, and sexual abuse. It not only occurs in spousal and intimate partner relationships, but in relationships with other family members, including […]

Posted inLaw/Legislation

Plaintiff, Defendant, and Judge: How some Ohio counties entrust the same officials to collect taxes and wipe liens

By Emily Crebs and Lucia Walinchus This project was funded by a grant from the Pulitzer Center and provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join the free mailing lists for Eye on Ohio as this helps provide more public service reporting. Shortly after Athens County started a land bank in […]

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How do public officials make Land Bank decisions? Artificial Intelligence may seek patterns

By Emily Crebs and Lucia Walinchus This project was funded by a grant from the Pulitzer Center and provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join the free mailing lists for Eye on Ohio as this helps provide more public service reporting. Al Jenkins has what neighbors called “the nicest house on the block.” […]

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Celebrating Kwanzaa

By Trish Johnson This holiday season many in the black community are preparing for the annual celebration of Kwanzaa. The holiday was created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, a professor of Africana Studies at California State University. He created the holiday in response to the 1965 Watts Riots in Los Angeles as a way […]

Posted inCLEVELAND

Cleveland resident receives 2021 C. Lyonel Jones Lifetime Achievement Award from Legal Aid Society

By The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland Andrea Price, of Cleveland, was awarded the 2021 C. Lyonel Jones Lifetime Achievement Award from The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, which was presented at Legal Aid’s Annual Meeting on December 9, 2021. The C. Lyonel Jones Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to an outstanding staff member to […]