Anne Trubek

Listening to Dr. Amy Acton

The measured, rational, compassionate response of Ohio’s Public Health director is a gift in chaotic times.

Anne Trubek2020-06-12T14:48:08-04:00March 25, 2020|

The Great Rust Belt Property Tax Dilemma

A large percentage of the land in Cleveland and Pittsburgh is tax-exempt. What does this mean for the health and wealth of cities?

Anne Trubek2020-03-06T12:06:45-05:00February 19, 2020|

How Did Alleged Ukrainian Money Launderers Buy Up Downtown Cleveland?

And what does it mean for the city moving forward?

Anne Trubek2020-02-04T13:44:24-05:00January 14, 2020|

Jim Jordan’s Gerrymandered District

In the Ohio 4th, as in gerrymandered districts all over the country, democracy is at stake.

Anne Trubek2020-01-06T10:09:52-05:00December 18, 2019|

Did Art Walks Cause Trumpism?

(Or, let's stop with the economic anxiety.)

Anne Trubek2019-11-21T09:56:24-05:00November 7, 2019|

In Appalachia, shifting political winds have forced Republican lawmakers to expand Medicaid. Could this be the start of a trend?

Mary White had noticed her knee hurting on and off for a while before she blew it out last October. “I turned around to go down the steps after I locked the door, and it kicked out the side and tore that ligament in there,” she said. White, who turns 64 in August, does not have health insurance. Her husband is on Social Security and Medicare, and between that and her slightly better-than-minimum-wage income at the Binns-Counts Community Center in Clinchco, Virginia, White doesn’t quite qualify for Medicaid.

Anne Trubek2018-07-30T16:10:41-04:00July 16, 2018|