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Franklin Roosevelt

A Dream Deferred, But Still Alive

On March 1, 1945, only six weeks before his death, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered an address to Congress that pointed toward a sweeping transformation of international relations.…

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Donald Trump

The Performative Politics of the Fifth Estate

We are witnessing the latest iteration of a tired, dark performance. In the 1830s, Thomas "Daddy" Rice—the so-called "Father of Minstrelsy"—popularized a stage persona that relied on mockery,…

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A Muslim Man Stabbed 15 Times at a Utah Mall

Police at Valley Fair Mall, outside Salt Lake City, Utah, said that Peter Michael Larsen approached a kiosk employee, asked about his religion, and then repeatedly stabbed him after learning he…

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The Not-So-Secret Israeli Strategy: This is the Real Gaza Plan

Here is the bottom line: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of leaving Gaza, either before Israel’s general elections—likely to be held in October—or after.…

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Action Alerts

Celebrate no executions in Ohio for 8years

Friday, July 17, 2026 - 11:45am
On the plaza in front of the Ohio State Capitol

This Saturday, July 18, will mark EIGHT YEARS since the last execution in Ohio.

To mark this occasion and add to the mix of available colorful images and video used by the media covering this issue, please join with Ohioans to Stop Executions, Death Penalty Action and others.

We'll make brief statements, offer prayer, and everyone can participate in tolling our bell 56 times to symbolically "note the 56 times Ohio fell short of our highest ideals by unnecessarily killing prisoners." …

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To see more Central Ohio activist events check out our Activist Calendar

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Superman vs. Josh Fox

Superman could leap a tall building in a single bound. That ain’t nothing compared to Josh Fox. Fox created the anti-fracking movement in a single movie, Gasland.

Until Josh showed up in Pennsylvania with a little point-and-…

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Politicians Should Stop Hiding Behind the “Two-State Solution” Fantasy

Creation of a Palestinian state next to Israel seemed feasible when President Bill Clinton hosted the signing of the Oslo accords at the White House in September 1993. The goal was reaffirmed in 2011 when 90 percent of the Senate co-sponsored a…

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People carrying petition boxes

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 their member of Columbus City Council. 

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Harvey "Sunny" Wasserman And Arthur Kanegis on Zoom

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.

We then join four great election protection…

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