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After months of negotiations, Cleveland Library workers will go on strike on Feb. 4 if an agreement is not made.

Cleveland library workers to strike if talks continue to break down

Matt Hooke, Executive Editor January 23, 2020

Library workers with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) District 1199 sent the Cleveland Public Library (CPL) an intent to strike notice after months of negotiation led to a standstill. The...

The effects of a particularly bad flu season ripple across Northeast Ohio

Collin Wong, Web Editor January 17, 2020

As the number of flu cases in Cuyahoga County continues to increase, healthcare resources across Northeast Ohio are becoming strained. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that...

Here’s why opioid addiction treatment in Cleveland is hard to access

Collin Wong, Staff Reporter December 6, 2019

An estimated two million Americans continue to suffer from opioid abuse, but only 2.7 percent of all the country’s treatment centers offer the gold-standard for opioid misuse treatment: methadone, buprenorphine...

Cleveland Metroparks discuss sustainability initiatives at Green Bag Lunch talks

Anna Giubileo, Staff Reporter November 22, 2019

Nancy Despond, special projects administrator at the Cleveland Metroparks, gave the last Green Bag Lunch of the semester this past Tuesday, speaking on sustainability and history at the Cleveland Metroparks.  Hosted...

Heres how Cleveland has been combating the opioid epidemic

Here’s how Cleveland has been combating the opioid epidemic

Collin Wong, Staff Reporter November 22, 2019

The opioid epidemic is continuing to ravage communities around Cleveland. From 2016 to 2017, more than 1,300 opioid overdose deaths occurred in Cuyahoga County. By 2018, opioid-related deaths made up approximately...

Ryo Muranaka, stage name Shiba Dogg, performing at the Jolly Scholar, his second live show in the U.S.

Japanese rapper Ryo Muranaka leaves everything to come to Cleveland

Matt Hooke, Executive Editor November 8, 2019

On June 22, Ryo Muranaka took a leap of faith. He sold all of his earthly belongings and booked a one-way ticket from Haneda Airport in Tokyo to Cleveland, Ohio with only his music, some luggage and a...

Advancing voter restrictions in the great Midwestern swing state

Sydney Negron, Staff Reporter November 8, 2019

On Tuesday, millions of Ohioans went to the polls to participate in the 2019 general election. This year, voters are being impacted by the culmination of over a decade of laws passed to restrict voting,...

Dead Clevelanders you should know, but probably don’t

Nathan Lesch, Director of Print November 1, 2019

In honor of one of Halloween’s original traditions, remembering and honoring the dead, let’s look at a few of Cleveland’s lesser-known, but still prominent. residents. Joe Shuster & Jerry Siegel Although...

Revisiting the deadly Lackawanna Limited train crash

Halle Rose, Contributing Reporter November 1, 2019

The morning of Aug. 30, 1943, started like any other. Five hundred passengers boarded the Lackawanna Limited passenger train in Hoboken, New Jersey and departed on time, at 9:20 a.m., en route to Buffalo,...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won re-election for a second term.

Trudeau wins Canadian elections despite brownface controversy and corruption

Maryam Iqbal, Staff Reporter November 1, 2019

Last week, Canada voted to reelect incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for another four years. Trudeau won back in 2015 with a majority in the House of Commons with a Liberal agenda focusing on climate...

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