Afi Scruggs
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Liksha Hoskins was thrilled to see her new townhouse near Green, Ohio came with a dishwasher. She wasn鈥檛 so thrilled the first night she used it. She... -
After moving to allow testing of asymptomatic people from ethnic minority groups disproportionately affected by COVID-19, the CDC this week removed all鈥� -
After changing the guidelines to test ethnic minority groups disproportionately affected by COVID-19, the CDC reversed course again Wednesday, saying... -
Computer trainer and former library aide Shenee King has a bird鈥檚 eye view when it comes to digital inequity.She鈥檚 seen students fail assignments because鈥� -
Ohio鈥檚 childcare workers rank among the state鈥檚 most economically vulnerable employees, according to a factsheet released Friday by Groundwork Ohio, which lobbies for childcare workers. The profession employs more than 53,000, and most are women. Half of those workers rely on some kind of public assistance. That鈥檚 because wages are rock bottom: the average Ohio childcare worker makes roughly $20,000 a year 鈥� even though they are likely to have credentials beyond a diploma. The state's average wage is $54,000 annually. -
Oberlin College announced Tuesday it is appealing a judgment of $31 million in damages awarded to Gibson鈥檚 Bakery earlier this year. The appeal is 鈥済rounded in the board鈥檚 fiduciary responsibility to the College鈥檚 long-term financial health,鈥� said the chairman of the school鈥檚 board of trustees, Chris Canavan, in a press release. In the appeal, Oberlin claims students were exercising their First Amendment rights and the college worked to make sure protests were peaceful. -
The Cuyahoga County prosecutor鈥檚 office plans to use open source genealogical databases to help identify 鈥渟tranger rapists鈥� 鈥� people who鈥檝e been indicted as John Does for sexual assault but haven鈥檛 been identified. The prosecutor鈥檚 office indicts the DNA profile collected from a rape kit to ensure the statute of limitations doesn鈥檛 expire. -
The man who helped initiate efforts to clean up the Cuyahoga River was remembered in Cleveland Friday. Ben Stefanski, Jr. served as utilities director...
