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Landscape outside Circleville plant

PPG has been pumping a probable cancer-causing chemical into the Scioto River for decades

PPG Industries has operated a manufacturing facility at 559 Pittsburgh Road in Circleville for decades. Beneath that facility, and spreading west toward the Scioto River, sits a plume of 1,4-…

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Trump’s War on Iran Is a Symptom of Unchecked US Military Power

Perhaps some things should never be spoken — for, when they are, they leave us aghast, in a state of horror. Think here of the ghostly figure in Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.” During the height of…

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Solar News This Week - May 17, 2026

Solar generation to surpass coal in Texas

Utility-scale solar power is projected to surpass coal-fired generation on the Texas grid this year as the region shifts generation…

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Governments Love Secrecy, But the World’s Major Problems Are Not Secret

I’ve been reading Truth and Consequence: Reflections on Catastrophe, Civil Resistance, and Hope. It’s a collections of things Daniel Ellsberg wrote and didn’t publish. I come to it having…

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Got some free time today? Statehouse testimony needed!

This article first appeared here

Ohio’s Republican Statehouse supermajority plans to to give themselves a lengthy Summer break this year, so they’re trying to cram several months of evil into just a few weeks.

If you have some free…

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Doctors demand Husted fund exam rooms, not ballrooms

WHO: Innovation Ohio & the Committee to Protect Health Care

Speakers include:

    Michael McGovern, President of Innovation Ohio

    Dr. Camilla Curren, Internal Medicine…

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Sean Walton

POETIC JUSTICE: A Love Letter to Columbus

Dear Columbus,

Consider this a love letter, even if it begins with a harsh reality.

A little over a week ago, a police officer stood in front of cameras and lied. He lied loudly into a microphone, attempting to plant evidence on my…

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Chart of rapidly rising debt in the 2000s

Trump’s policies are self-serving and harmful

Here are some examples.

#1 - As U.S. Debt Hits a Worrying Milestone, Washington Barely Notices

This is the title of Tony Romm’s article, New York Times, May 7 2026

(https://nytimes.com/2026/05/07/business/us-…

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Preacher

St. James Christian Center is the place to be

Over the past few months, Mount Vernon Avenue on the city’s Near East side, has welcomed a new house of worship in the form of the St. James Christian Center located where Unity Baptist Church once sat. Previously located off of 161 in a shopping…

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