By Ray Hom Lunar New Year 2023 will fall on Sunday, Jan.22, 2023, along with the start of the Year of the Rabbit. The Year of the Rabbit represents longevity, discretion, and good luck. For the Chinese people, both in China and in ethnic communities around the world, the Lunar New Year is the most […]
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Public commenters push for participatory budgeting; council discusses ARPA contract delays
Meeting coverage by Cleveland Documenters | Compiled by Signal Cleveland’s Doug Breehl-Pitorak. Here’s what happened last week in local public government meetings covered by Cleveland Documenters. Cleveland Public Meetings Report – The week of Jan. 9, 2023 Public commenters push for participatory budgeting Jan. 9 – Cleveland City Council Covered by Documenters Yorel Warr and Chau Tang Jonathan Welle […]
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Announcing the First Black Media Initiative Bridge Project: Audience Revenue Cohort
Six Black-led newsrooms from across the U.S. have been selected to be part of the inaugural cohort of the Black Media Initiative Bridge Project: Audience Revenue. The six-month program provides technology and design support for Black publishers looking to launch an audience revenue campaign. The selected newsrooms are both traditional print media and digital-first organizations and […]
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Book Review: Becoming A Kept Man
By Trish Johnson “ ‘She’s a kept woman’ is what they’d whisper. In male-dominant societies of the past, females who looked to men for financial support or gifts in exchange for sex and/or their companionship were said to be ‘kept’. These days they’re referred to as ‘side pieces’ or perhaps ‘sugar babies’.” So begins “Becoming […]
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Legal Aid Helps Your 2023 Start Right
By Tonya Sams It’s time to enjoy the holiday season! 2022 is almost over, but it’s never too early to start getting affairs in order for the new year and The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland can help! Legal Aid has been offering free civil legal services to those with low incomes (up to 200% […]
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Wage Theft and Payroll Fraud Prevention Ordinance
By Bruce Checefsky On Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, the Cleveland City Council passed the Wage Theft and Payroll Fraud Prevention Ordinance, which prohibits the City of Cleveland from entering into contracts with all businesses, from construction companies to food vendors, who were found to practice wage theft in the past three years. Wage theft is […]
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Futureland: A Promise for Cleveland
By Nicole D. Miller This October, the east bank of the flats in Cleveland was swarmed with innovators, creatives, leaders, and tech gurus donning their best business attire and genius mindsets. But what made this picture of dynamite entrepreneurs even more unique was that it was comprised of almost 100% minorities. What brought such a […]
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Clinical Trial Finds Supplements Don’t Lower Cholesterol
SPORT Trial presented during American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2022 Findings from a Cleveland Clinic trial show that six commonly used dietary supplements marketed for improving heart health did not lower “bad cholesterol” when compared to a low-dose cholesterol-lowering medication (also known as a statin) or placebo. The six supplements studied included fish oil, garlic, […]
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TCO Kids Korner December 2022
By Trish Johnson Season’s Greetings from the TCO Kids Korner! Thank you so much for your many submissions of drawings and paintings this year. We look forward to your participation in TCO Kids Korner in 2023. Have a safe and enjoyable holiday season! […]
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New Resource Center Opens in Slavic Village
By Mark Silverberg The Broadway-Slavic Village (BSV) neighborhood is a diverse community with many assets and challenges. BSV is challenged by very high housing foreclosures, HIV rates, poverty, drug addiction, and violent and property crimes. The combination of these hardships and crises has left a desolate feeling within a once-thriving community. In the face of […]