Big Mamma’s Burritos set to open new location in Gordon Square
The quick-serve burrito restaurant is planning to test the waters with a soft opening this weekend prior to their grand opening on Friday, Nov. 20.
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Young LGBT people face unique mental health risks as pandemic rages on
As students continue to be stuck at home for long periods of time, LGBTQ+ youth and young adults are especially vulnerable to being trapped in unsupportive environments. Advocates say more proactive forms of outreach could help.
Stoking the vote: What’s it really like to be a poll worker on election day?
By the end of a 15-hour day I was impressed with the process, exhausted and unsure if I would do it again. But everyone should experience this once.
The Empty Bandstand
For many professional musicians, it was a long spring and summer of no work and no paychecks. Many are turning to work in other fields. Recently, several Northeast Ohio musicians shared stories with The Land of what life has been like in an industry whose outlook can seem bleak.
Recruiting Black Clevelanders for Covid-19 trials is an uphill battle
How Black health care providers are trying to build back trust in their community for a critical need: to have adequate representation for clinical trials for the COVID-19 vaccine.
HIV/AIDS Network Helps Build Black Clevelanders’ Trust In COVID-19 Studies
With COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on people of color, it’s integral that COVID vaccine trials recruit them. Could Cleveland’s HIV/AIDS clinical trial network be a model for how?
Voting is huge and fairly smooth in Cuyahoga County with a week to go
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.
Theater pro sees arts incubator as vital to Lee-Harvard’s future
Jimmie Woody has a different vision for his dad’s old corner store and dairy business in Cleveland’s Lee-Harvard neighborhood — he sees it as a place that will lift up the neighborhood as his dad’s old shop once did, but where he and others also can ply their artistic trades.
RTA announces bus system redesign, opportunities for community feedback
RTA’s bus system redesign includes greater frequency on popular routes as well as the ability to get to outlying areas where jobs may be located. The public will have an opportunity to give feedback in October and November.
Colleges fight hunger, fill basic needs to keep students in school
As colleges have reopened during the Covid-19 pandemic, they’ve expanded their efforts to provide food and emergency aid to students. Yet, even as institutions acknowledge that providing for basic needs is important for college success, they’re also struggling to help students who are being disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.
