David Beach
@davidbeachcle.bsky.social
Writer and activist promoting progressive thinking for the Cleveland we want.
Haunted by ghost streams...
‘Doomed to the sewers’: Finding traces of Cleveland history in ghosts of dead waterways signalcleveland.org/cleveland-hi...
‘Doomed to the sewers’: Finding traces of Cleveland history in ghosts of dead waterways signalcleveland.org/cleveland-hi...
Tracing Cleveland history in ghosts of dead waterways
Cleveland’s natural landscape made the city into an industrial hub, but as the 1800s became the 1900s, that relationship began to shift.
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January 27, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Haunted by ghost streams...
‘Doomed to the sewers’: Finding traces of Cleveland history in ghosts of dead waterways signalcleveland.org/cleveland-hi...
‘Doomed to the sewers’: Finding traces of Cleveland history in ghosts of dead waterways signalcleveland.org/cleveland-hi...
Thanks to @greaterohio.org for hosting this. Lots of work needed to reclaim the streets of Ohio's cities for people.
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www.greaterohio.org/ohioatconfer...
2026 Ohio Active Transportation Conference — Greater Ohio Policy Center
2026 Ohio Active Transportation Conference
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January 26, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Thanks to @greaterohio.org for hosting this. Lots of work needed to reclaim the streets of Ohio's cities for people.
www.greaterohio.org/ohioatconfer...
www.greaterohio.org/ohioatconfer...
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Ohio could raise a billion dollars by passing a modest Wealth Proceeds Tax.
January 18, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Ohio could raise a billion dollars by passing a modest Wealth Proceeds Tax.
Let's finally get this done.
Mayor Bibb: "If you look ahead, the cities that are going to win, not just in Cleveland but around the world, are the cities that prioritize public access, public space and their waterfronts."
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Mayor Bibb: "If you look ahead, the cities that are going to win, not just in Cleveland but around the world, are the cities that prioritize public access, public space and their waterfronts."
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/01...
Cleveland mayor wants Burke airport closed during his second term — if Congress and council agree
Mayor Justin Bibb wants Burke Lakefront Airport closed by 2029’s end
www.cleveland.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Let's finally get this done.
Mayor Bibb: "If you look ahead, the cities that are going to win, not just in Cleveland but around the world, are the cities that prioritize public access, public space and their waterfronts."
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/01...
Mayor Bibb: "If you look ahead, the cities that are going to win, not just in Cleveland but around the world, are the cities that prioritize public access, public space and their waterfronts."
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/01...
Message for NOACA transportation planners: The public should not pay for transportation projects that are built for the benefit one user, are needed just a few days of the year, and do not create regional economic development.
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January 14, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Message for NOACA transportation planners: The public should not pay for transportation projects that are built for the benefit one user, are needed just a few days of the year, and do not create regional economic development.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/01...
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/01...
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We're kicking off a yearlong statewide celebration of Toni Morrison on February 18, 2026!
Spread the word, sign up for our newsletter, and join in the celebration.
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Spread the word, sign up for our newsletter, and join in the celebration.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
We're kicking off a yearlong statewide celebration of Toni Morrison on February 18, 2026!
Spread the word, sign up for our newsletter, and join in the celebration.
ohiocelebratestonimorrison.org
Spread the word, sign up for our newsletter, and join in the celebration.
ohiocelebratestonimorrison.org
Thanks for 100% green power!
ATTENTION‼️ Cleveland customers of The Illuminating Company who are newly eligible for the City’s Community Choice Electric Aggregation program have been automatically enrolled — no action required!
Questions? Call 1-888-733-8512
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Questions? Call 1-888-733-8512
Program details: www.clevelandohio.gov/city-hall/of...
January 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Thanks for 100% green power!
Cleveland needs an inspiring plan to make expanded transit services the centerpiece of low-mileage, affordable lifestyles.
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GCRTA’s choices: victim or solution – NEOtrans
urls.grow.me
January 2, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Cleveland needs an inspiring plan to make expanded transit services the centerpiece of low-mileage, affordable lifestyles.
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urls.grow.me/N4tg0w-VEa
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Coalition urges Cleveland Public Power to reconsider solar project on abandoned Slavic Village site www.clevescene.com/news/clevela...
Coalition Urges Cleveland Public Power To Reconsider Solar Project on Abandoned Slavic Village Site - Cleveland Scene
Advocates and neighbors want CPP to be more transparent as to why it reneged on a plan to install solar panels on a former landfill site that's been an eyesore for the last decade in Slavic Village.
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December 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Coalition urges Cleveland Public Power to reconsider solar project on abandoned Slavic Village site www.clevescene.com/news/clevela...
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Imagine defending a lease this bad, or the people who negotiated it.
December 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Imagine defending a lease this bad, or the people who negotiated it.
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Yet, Ohio leaders found $600 million to build a replacement NFL stadium for the Haslams, who have a net worth approaching $9 billion.
Ohio’s libraries could face hard choices next year after 2025 budget cuts
2025 was a tumultuous year for Ohio’s libraries, between the dismantling of a decades-old state funding system and millions of dollars in financial cuts.
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December 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Yet, Ohio leaders found $600 million to build a replacement NFL stadium for the Haslams, who have a net worth approaching $9 billion.
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Neoliberalism didn’t win an intellectual argument — it won power.
In an interview with Jacobin, Vivek Chibber unpacks how employers and political elites in the 1970s and ’80s turned economic turmoil into an opportunity to reshape society on their terms.
In an interview with Jacobin, Vivek Chibber unpacks how employers and political elites in the 1970s and ’80s turned economic turmoil into an opportunity to reshape society on their terms.
Power, Not Economic Theory, Created Neoliberalism
Neoliberalism didn’t win an intellectual argument — it won power. In an interview with Jacobin, Vivek Chibber unpacks how employers and political elites in the 1970s and ’80s turned economic turmoil into an opportunity to reshape society on their terms.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Neoliberalism didn’t win an intellectual argument — it won power.
In an interview with Jacobin, Vivek Chibber unpacks how employers and political elites in the 1970s and ’80s turned economic turmoil into an opportunity to reshape society on their terms.
In an interview with Jacobin, Vivek Chibber unpacks how employers and political elites in the 1970s and ’80s turned economic turmoil into an opportunity to reshape society on their terms.
Love these Cleveland prototypes of affordable, energy-efficient homes constructed of factory-made wall panels.
Cleveland turns to solar power in push for more affordable housing signalcleveland.org/lmm-solar-po...
Cleveland turns to solar power in push for more affordable housing signalcleveland.org/lmm-solar-po...
Solar-powered affordable housing in St. Clair-Superior
The small houses on Luther Avenue, off East 55th Street, stand out for their high energy efficiency, including being solar powered.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Love these Cleveland prototypes of affordable, energy-efficient homes constructed of factory-made wall panels.
Cleveland turns to solar power in push for more affordable housing signalcleveland.org/lmm-solar-po...
Cleveland turns to solar power in push for more affordable housing signalcleveland.org/lmm-solar-po...
An email about a subscription price increase from @cleveland.com today included the following note:
"This is to inform you that your price was set by an algorithm using your personal data." 😱
"This is to inform you that your price was set by an algorithm using your personal data." 😱
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
An email about a subscription price increase from @cleveland.com today included the following note:
"This is to inform you that your price was set by an algorithm using your personal data." 😱
"This is to inform you that your price was set by an algorithm using your personal data." 😱
Need more of this in Cleveland. Tanmay Shah’s win for City Council shows how grassroots mobilization can elect progressives.
Zohran Mamdani’s victory was rooted in organizations that took up the base-building and mobilization functions that once fell to parties. dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...
Partyism Without the Party - Dissent Magazine
Zohran Mamdani’s victory was rooted in organizations that took up the base-building and mobilization functions that once fell to parties.
dissentmagazine.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Need more of this in Cleveland. Tanmay Shah’s win for City Council shows how grassroots mobilization can elect progressives.
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Tanmay Shah wins in Cleveland City Council Ward 12, besting incumbent Danny Kelly by 9 votes. There will be a recount Dec. 1, but it would be unlikely that it changes the results. signalcleveland.org/cleveland-ci...
Tanmay Shah wins Cleveland Ward 12 race, pending a recount
A self-described democratic socialist, Shah unseated a retired union laborer backed by the mayor and council president.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Tanmay Shah wins in Cleveland City Council Ward 12, besting incumbent Danny Kelly by 9 votes. There will be a recount Dec. 1, but it would be unlikely that it changes the results. signalcleveland.org/cleveland-ci...
Sharply rising health care costs imperil Greater Cleveland transit service -- Another way that our lack of an affordable national health care system harms everyone.
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Cleveland RTA riders face big service cuts – NEOtrans
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November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Sharply rising health care costs imperil Greater Cleveland transit service -- Another way that our lack of an affordable national health care system harms everyone.
urls.grow.me/1cILJ2c0C_
urls.grow.me/1cILJ2c0C_
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Our statement on Cleveland Public Power's smart decision to freeze shutoffs for 30 days as the federal government fails to make SNAP payments. Via the grassroots group Our CPP
www.ourcpp.org/shutoff-mora...
www.ourcpp.org/shutoff-mora...
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Our statement on Cleveland Public Power's smart decision to freeze shutoffs for 30 days as the federal government fails to make SNAP payments. Via the grassroots group Our CPP
www.ourcpp.org/shutoff-mora...
www.ourcpp.org/shutoff-mora...
Really excellent speaker series from John Carroll University on what it means to be human in a world of catastrophic change: visit.jcu.edu/livable-future
Livable Future
Four Good Years. One Inspired Life.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Really excellent speaker series from John Carroll University on what it means to be human in a world of catastrophic change: visit.jcu.edu/livable-future
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Cleveland is pretty clearly better off without the Browns stadium. Good story in today's Plain Dealer.
Is Cleveland better off without Browns stadium?
Breaking down Cleveland's football stadium costs, and what the city gets in return
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November 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Cleveland is pretty clearly better off without the Browns stadium. Good story in today's Plain Dealer.
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Let's go! The City of Cleveland - home to a public power utility - is one of the first in the nation i've heard of so far banning shutoffs during this federal shutdown crisis.
Public power can lead the nation in showing what democratic institutions can do to make our lives better.
Public power can lead the nation in showing what democratic institutions can do to make our lives better.
We're announcing a 30-day moratorium on utility disconnections.
The federal shutdown and cuts to SNAP benefits have placed an unfair and unexpected burden on households. No one should have to choose between keeping the lights on and putting food on the table.
The federal shutdown and cuts to SNAP benefits have placed an unfair and unexpected burden on households. No one should have to choose between keeping the lights on and putting food on the table.
November 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Let's go! The City of Cleveland - home to a public power utility - is one of the first in the nation i've heard of so far banning shutoffs during this federal shutdown crisis.
Public power can lead the nation in showing what democratic institutions can do to make our lives better.
Public power can lead the nation in showing what democratic institutions can do to make our lives better.
Thanks to @justinmbibb.bsky.social for insisting that, in a city with one of the highest poverty rates in the nation, billionaire sports team owners should pay for the facilities that primarily benefit their businesses.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/11...
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/11...
Cleveland’s sports billionaires refuse to pay their fair share while city battles poverty
Justin Bibb is the first Cleveland mayor in memory to challenge Guardians and Cavs owners' expectations for taxpayer-funded repairs in a city plagued by poverty.
www.cleveland.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Thanks to @justinmbibb.bsky.social for insisting that, in a city with one of the highest poverty rates in the nation, billionaire sports team owners should pay for the facilities that primarily benefit their businesses.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/11...
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/11...
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This is one of the best, most comprehensive news articles about the Ohio earthworks I've ever seen. Please give it a read. There's so much great knowledge in here; stuff every Ohioan should take pride in about our home state and the astonishing history here we ought to revere.
Ancient earthworks in Newark, Ohio, were made a World Heritage site. Some celebrated, but for others it was a source of cultural conflict ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/09/t...
The world celebrated Ohio's most important cultural site. Like so much else, that's controversial • Ohio Capital Journal
Ancient earthworks in Newark, Ohio, were made a World Heritage site. Some celebrated, but for others it was a source of cultural conflict.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is one of the best, most comprehensive news articles about the Ohio earthworks I've ever seen. Please give it a read. There's so much great knowledge in here; stuff every Ohioan should take pride in about our home state and the astonishing history here we ought to revere.
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It is absolutely ridiculous to ask state taxpayers to fund this. Yet, the clowns in charge will probably approve it anyway.
Brook Park, Browns make case for state help to upgrade roads around stadium site
Brook Park seeks $70 million from the state for road improvements near Browns stadium site
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It is absolutely ridiculous to ask state taxpayers to fund this. Yet, the clowns in charge will probably approve it anyway.
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"About a quarter of Cleveland residents don't have access to a personal vehicle as their primary mode of transportation, according to Census data, leaving them to rely on other forms of transportation to navigate the city."
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Clevelanders join National Week Without Driving to push for more transit options
National Week Without Driving, Monday through Sunday, aims to reveal barriers to getting around without access to a personal vehicle.
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October 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"About a quarter of Cleveland residents don't have access to a personal vehicle as their primary mode of transportation, according to Census data, leaving them to rely on other forms of transportation to navigate the city."
www.ideastream.org/environment-...
www.ideastream.org/environment-...