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Harvey Pekar – working class hero – shares his story at Eastman Branch Library
by Frank Barnett (Plain Press, January 2010) When Harvey Pekar spoke Saturday afternoon, December 5, at the Eastman branch of the Cleveland Public Library near Lorain and W.117, you realized that his appeal is more than simply a local guy who has achieved some national recognition. He is, what you might call, a working class…
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Congress designates National Day for Human Trafficking Awareness to draw attention to modern day slavery in U.S. & around the world
(Plain Press, January 2010, Holly K. Gigante and Karen Walsh) When we hear the word “slavery,” many of us think of history—Abraham Lincoln, the Civil Rights struggles, maybe the use of prisoners of war forced into slavery in Vietnam, Russia, Japan or elsewhere. Slavery is a ruthless treatment of human beings — degradation, a holocaust…
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Food pantries step up efforts to help meet increasing needs of hungry families
(Plain Press, January 2010, Joe Narkin) During 2008, 60,000 people per month received food assistance through a network of over 100 food pantries and hot meal programs in Cuyahoga County, according to statistics provided by the Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland– enough people to fill Progressive Field to capacity while leaving 17,000 people still standing…
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Councilman Zachary Reed calls Council President Sweeney “a terrible leader”
(Plain Press, January 2010, Chuck Hoven) Speaking at a December 2nd political forum sponsored by the West Park Republican Club, Ward 3 Councilman Zackary Reed called Cleveland City Council President Martin Sweeney a “terrible leader.” Reed said Sweeney’s leadership was “bad for City Council and bad for the City of Cleveland.” Reed charged that under…
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