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I Still Believe Humanity Is Headed For A Mass Awakening
I still believe humanity is headed toward a mass awakening, as unfashionable as that is to admit here in the late 2020s.
The fashionable thing to say these days is that everything’s fucked…
Fake News and Extra Small Fries
“Our own government is committing genocide on Cuba–Ohioans should care”
As a candidate for U.S. Senate, I recently traveled to Cuba to help deliver 30 tons of critical medical aid to the…
The Minstrel Show Continues... in the World of Trump Administration’s Political Power
In the high-stakes arena of modern American political power, performance art often threatens to eclipse substance. As the political machinery under federal executive leadership continues to…
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Today is the International Day of Peace. It arrives 10 days after September 11, which some have turned into a day of bigotry and willful ignorance.
After a quarter-century of calming down, it's now possible in some corners of this country to talk rationally about how massive, counterproductive U.S. militarism contributed to the horrific crime of 9/11/01 — without excusing or justifying it — and how doubling down on that militarism ever since has fueled greater hostility and violence.
Back then, adjusted for inflation, U.S. military spending was at…
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The human rights crisis in Kroger’s supply chain
While the Fair Food Program (FFP) continues to change the lives of farmworkers across the U.S. and inspire worker-led human rights initiatives around the world, some of the country’s largest food corporations still refuse to bring the FFP’s…
Black vote may be key for Our City Our Say
How will the Columbus Black community vote in November regarding district representation? This question has become significantly consequential to the future of Columbus.
Some argue their vote will be the deciding factor in determining…
Dr. Mohammad Tawfiq: The Egyptian Doctor Who Went to Gaza Twice
When Dr. Mohammad Tawfiq left his medical practice in Egypt and traveled to Gaza in the middle of a devastating war, he knew he was entering a place where even the most basic medical care had become a struggle.
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A remorseful update on Trump’s war in Iran
Introduction
Trump set the stage for the war in Iran by withdrawing from an earlier agreement between the US and other states in which Iran allowed robust inspections of suspected sites and agreed, as…