By Margaret Adams Drinking fluids is second nature to human beings because we must stay hydrated to live. During the early years of humanity, water was the fluid of necessity. As we have become modern, we have so many fluids to choose from—but are these choices good for us? We can choose to drink soda […]
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None Of The Above: The Media’s Effect On Voter Participation
By Gennifer Harding-Gosnell Eighty million Americans sat out the presidential election in 2020. Of those who did vote, 85 million of them were registered to one of the two major political parties. If non-voters were their own political party, they would be nearly equal to the numbers of Republicans and Democrats combined. Though the reasons […]
Posted inMental Health
Removing The Stigma’s 1st Annual Visionary Leadership Retreat
By Denise Holcomb On August 6, 2022, Removing The Stigma (RTS) had its first annual Visionary Leadership Retreat at the Shaker Heights Library in Shaker Heights, OH. The retreat was tucked away in the Malvern Conference Room, which had all the amenities needed to create an atmosphere of fellowship, collaboration, and learning. Everyone on the […]
Posted inLEE-HARVARD
The Frederick Douglass Resource and Recreation Center
By Sharon Lewis The Cleveland Ohio Parks and Recreation Department began in 1871 with the purpose of bringing leisure spaces to a growing population. The development of parks and other leisure spaces inside the city was important, as many of the open spaces were beginning to be used for housing and industry. The initial focus […]
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City Council Needs to Fix the Development Process the Commissioners Can’t
By Ronald Calhoun The city says there is a need for more population density. The Ward 7 community at a recent community meeting agreed to discuss concerns over Marous Development Group, which is building a 139-unit, five-story, market-rate apartment building on 82nd street in Hough. Throughout the room the consensus was not against development, but […]
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Cleveland Area High School Football Preview
By Logan Dimperio This article takes a look at Cleveland area high school football teams and how they performed last season and previews the 2022/2023 season. It will highlight how they were ranked according to MaxPreps in their respective divisions. The teams are broken down by divisions in order of their ranking at the end […]
Posted inLaw/Legislation
Ohio’s New Gun Law: Is The Problem The Solution?
By B.A. Calhoun In the wake of the Uvalde, Texas shooting at Robb Elementary School, the conversation surrounding gun reform and gun laws in political circles has so intensified that we are now seeing nearly immediate changes across the nation as well as in Cleveland’s own state of Ohio. Following the tragic slayings of 19 […]
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Review of “The Black Phone”
By Melvin Twigg Mason They call him “Finney.” Finneas Shaw is big brother to his sister, Gwen. Almost every weekend, when Gwen (played wonderfully by Madeleine McGraw) splits off from walking home from school with her brother to spend the night at a friend’s house, Finney gets chased and jumped by a group of […]
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TCO Kids Korner – August 2022
By Trish Johnson A big thank you to the readers and staff members of The Cleveland Observer for showing your continued support by submitting original artwork created by your family members! We are very excited about the response to our column, and we also have some great news to share: one of the drawings by young […]
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“The Gray Man” Is Anything But Shady
By Melvin Twigg Mason Exhilarating! That’s how the latest offering from the Russo Brothers could be categorized. “The Gray Man” is a fast-paced thrill ride a la “John Wick,” “The Bourne Identity,” or “Rambo”—on steroids. Based on the novel of the same name by Mark Greaney (2009), it stars Ryan Gosling (“LaLa Land,” “The Notebook”), […]