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Grant Segall

Grant Segall is a national-prizewinning reporter who spent 34 years with The Plain Dealer. Besides The Land, his freelance outlets have included The Washington Post, Time, Science, Reuters, The Boston Globe, Pittsburgh Magazine, NEXTpittsburgh, Philadelphia Magazine, American Education, Black Issues in Higher Education, Crain’s Cleveland, FreshWater Cleveland, The (Shaker Square) Connection, Shaker Life and West Life. He has also published fiction in 13 outlets and written the biography “John D. Rockefeller: Anointed With Oil” (Oxford University Press). He has been named Ohio’s best freelancer.

Grant's Latest Articles

Tonya Griffith Bullard hopes Sweet Tee’s Kitchen will help bring back Buckeye

By Grant Segall

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Development

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December 23, 2020

Tonya Griffith Bullard started selling food this year in a parking lot on Buckeye Road to raise money to help fix up her mother’s home, damaged by fire. Now she and her husband, Marvin Bullard, plan to open a takeout restaurant there.

Local restaurateurs hope winter and COVID won’t kill them off

By Grant Segall

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Development

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December 16, 2020

They’ve revamped menus. They’ve upgraded ventilation systems. They’ve added plexiglass, curtains, fans, ventilators, patio heaters, firepits, chimineas, tents, yurts, igloos, shipping containers, and more. Will it be enough to keep them afloat until they return to normal?

Cleveland’s historic Legal Aid Society surges with the pandemic

By Grant Segall

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Economy

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December 2, 2020

The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland is helping low-income people deal with layoffs, health bills and other challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Horizon seeks to plant new $3m early childhood center in Cudell

By Grant Segall

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Development

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December 1, 2020

Horizon Education Centers aims to open a new, high-quality child care center in an area that needs one, but some neighbors oppose replacing a neglected orchard.

Voting is plentiful and fairly peaceful on election day

By Grant Segall

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Government

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November 4, 2020

Lines were minimal at some Cuyahoga County polls and up to an hour long at others, but voting activists report no malfunctions or harassment here on the climactic day of a contentious, confusing election season.

Voting is huge and fairly smooth in Cuyahoga County with a week to go

By Grant Segall

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Government

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October 28, 2020

There’s still plenty of time for a crazy election season to grow even crazier. But, with a week of voting to go, officials and activists are feeling more confident about a big turnout handled pretty smoothly under the circumstances.

Voters flock to vote early in chaotic election year

By Grant Segall

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Government

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October 6, 2020

“Morning, morning!” Regina Adams exclaimed to two guards about 7:20 a.m. while becoming about the 55th person in line outside the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. “It’s a wonderful morning to vote!”

The pandemic separates artists from audiences and unites them

By Grant Segall

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Arts & Culture

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September 24, 2020

Kate Blaszak looked up from her printout at Hedge Gallery and broke into a smile that her mask couldn’t hide. “I see it on your wall!”

Resilient owners of Half Moon Bakery feed Clark-Fulton and beyond

By Grant Segall

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Development

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September 16, 2020

At lunchtime lately, many hungry people stride past a vacant storefront across from MetroHealth’s expanding Main Campus, enter the adjoining Half Moon Bakery and carry out crisp empanadas, rich Cubanos, sweet pastelillos and other treats.