Sons of Imperial Avenue victims in Cleveland vow to end cycle of neglect
Local social workers say the neglect the men faced in childhood is a familiar tale threading through Cleveland’s poor areas. Their families’ stories made headlines when investigators discovered the remains of 11 women last fall at the house where Anthony Sowell lived.
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Rethinking Poverty
BAD AXE — Before you read this story, think about some of the things you’ve thought or said when you see someone who lives in poverty.
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Bad cop, good caper
Abel Ferrara’s crazed tale of a crack-addled cop turns into something totally different – albeit equally deranged – in Werner Herzog’s funky, surreal reboot. By Peter Bradshaw The torments of the damned have become the discomforts of the irretrievably compromised in Werner Herzog’s jittery black-comic remake of the cult 1992 shocker by Abel Ferrara, which starred Harvey Keitel as the messed-up …
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