/news/tags/social-justice-beat social justice beat en-US Copyright Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:45:15 GMT /news/economy/2020-02-25/10-years-after-the-housing-bubble-burst-hopeful-homeowners-deal-with-new-threat When the housing bubble burst, it left a trail of dilapidated homes in Ohio’s cities and rural communities. A decade later, that gave birth to a new problem for those communities: lease-to-own deals that promised a piece of the American dream but often turned out to be nightmares. Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:45:15 GMT /news/economy/2020-02-25/10-years-after-the-housing-bubble-burst-hopeful-homeowners-deal-with-new-threat M.L. Schultze /news/economy/2020-01-10/the-mahoning-valley-ponders-a-new-economy-for-an-old-region This article was updated on January 14, 2020.For a century, the Mahoning Valley has ebbed and flowed with the fortunes of traditional manufacturing. Now,… Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:05:00 GMT /news/economy/2020-01-10/the-mahoning-valley-ponders-a-new-economy-for-an-old-region M.L. Schultze /news/government-politics/2019-06-04/changes-in-ohio-laws-could-help-give-ex-offenders-new-opportunities Over the last seven years, Ohio’s been slowly changing a set of laws that many believe keeps people from getting jobs, paying child support, even… Tue, 04 Jun 2019 09:32:19 GMT /news/government-politics/2019-06-04/changes-in-ohio-laws-could-help-give-ex-offenders-new-opportunities M.L. Schultze