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Cleveland and Columbus offer an LGBTQ+ business certification process. So why aren’t any businesses actually certified?
LGBTQ+ Business Enterprises are part of an intentional effort to create jobs, provide opportunities and build equity…if people sign up. By Kim Schneider Since 2014, more than 25 public entities — such as Houston, Miami Beach and Nashville — have signed on to offer the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC)’s process to certify Lesbian,…
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Ohioans struggle to get help with utility bills
Federal programs exist, but how easy are they to access? By Conor Morris Rashidah Abdulhaqq worries her electricity and heat will be shut off. These are vital services during normal times, but especially during the winter, and especially when she has a portable oxygen tank she carts around to keep herself alive. Flanked by several…
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Peer support: how ordinary Ohioans are helping others break mental health barriers
By Christopher Johnston Four years ago, Rondye Brown reached “the darkest place” in his life. Feeling trapped in an endless cycle of crime, prison and substance abuse, Brown decided on what he believed to be his best solution. “I asked God to remove his hand from me, because I didn’t want to be in a…
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How do public officials make Land Bank decisions? Artificial Intelligence may seek patterns
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 Eye on Ohio’s free mailing list as this helps provide more public service reporting to the community. By Lucia Walinchus and Emily Crebs Al Jenkins has what neighbors called…
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‘The gun’s in his hand’: Columbus Police sued after homicide victim left alone with her abuser
How often are domestic abusers arrested in Ohio? We still don’t know. This article provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join their free mailing list as this helps provide more public service reporting. By Clare Amari Part I: The End The call is not, at the outset, different…
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Covid Correctional: behind Ohio’s campaign to get prisoners vaccinated
By Cid Standifer When James Burris was sent to quarantine in a solitary confinement cell, the doctor wouldn’t tell him who allegedly exposed him to the coronavirus, citing laws protecting personal medical information. Burris said he and the four other men sent off to quarantine with him deduced who might have exposed them by comparing…
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How one Ohio city lowered evictions and late rental payments
Early statistics from Cleveland’s Right to Counsel program show promising results – but what will happen when that moratorium ends? By Conor Morris East Side Cleveland resident Dennis Eads ran into some trouble paying rent last year. Eads, a father of five, said he was thankful to have kept his job at a warehouse in…
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Does freedom of the press extend to covering police?
Almost a year later police still won’t identify officer who attacked journalists; Reporters say they mostly work without incident but face an increase in online threats This article provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism in partnership with the nonprofit Matter News. Please join Eye on Ohio’s free mailing list…
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No Comprendo Covid: Pandemic reveals lack of bilingual health workers
By Claudia Longo and Rachel Dissell In the early months of the pandemic, Cleveland Councilwoman Jasmin Santana, who represents a West Side ward with the densest population of Latinos in the city, said health department officials reassured her that when the city released urgent health updates, they would be translated into Spanish. It didn’t happen. …
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Fighting to open closed doors: how advocates stepped up efforts to help sex trafficking survivors in a world where hiding victims is easier than ever
This article is from Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism. Please join their free mailing list, as this helps provide more public service reporting. By Christopher Johnston For women survivors of sex trafficking struggling to make ends meet, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated an already desperate situation. Funding programs to support…
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