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Continuing At-Large City Council Elections Was Never a Compromise

Editor's Note:
Today, the Our City, Our Say coalition submitted over 23,000 signatures for a petition to amend the Columbus charter so that only residents from each district will elect…

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Greep #273 Makes Real The World Is Our Country; Takes Us To Election Protection; Fights Data Centers and more...

Our GREEP #273 begins with world citizen ARTHUR KANEGIS and his fantastic film about the legendary Gary Davis who invented his own passport to travel the world as a man without a country.

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Can Godless Commies Rescue Trump?

“These are not social Dumocrats, these are hardcore, godless communists.” And they will “attack all religions, but in particular, Christianity. They always do. . . .

“It's like crazy. They…

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Israeli Airstrike Kills Gaza Family, Leaves Toddler Orphaned

An Israeli airstrike before dawn Wednesday destroyed a residential building in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, killing 33-year-old Omar Sami Abu Qasem, his wife, Asma, and their 6-year-old daughter…

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Action Alerts

Our City, Our Say petition filing at Columbus City Hall

Thursday, July 16, 10:15am
Columbus City Hall, 90 W. Broad St.

We're meeting at City Hall tomorrow morning to turn in the more than 23,000 signatures you've helped us collect over the last few months. Can you join us?

Our City Our Say will submit petition signatures to the Columbus City Clerk in support of its proposed charter amendment. Before the filing, organization leaders and supporters will be available to discuss the initiative, the signature collection effort, and the next steps in the ballot qualification process.

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Trump cares less that his policies contribute to global warming

I – There is an option to fossil fuels

Ezra Klein considers the very good and the very bad news on climate crisis:
(https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-bill-mckibben.html).

“Here’s the…

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Ohio Needs a Governor Who Understands Healthcare

Ohio is home to some of the most respected healthcare institutions in the world. Cleveland Clinic is consistently ranked among the world's best hospitals, while The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is nationally recognized…

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A Tech Turncoat on AI Boom

There are some not so subtle signs that our billionaire tech overlords are starting to come to grips with their overreach and loose lips in speculating about the good and bad of artificial intelligence. Communities across the country – and the…

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The Architecture of Accountability—Why We Are Still Standing

Justice is often measured in volumes of law, but for those of us fighting on the front lines of democracy, it is measured in days—and today, we have reached 220. ​It has been 220 days since final briefings were submitted in Brown v. Dave Yost (…

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