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In Defense of Palestinian American Writer Najla Said

Americans place a high value on freedom of speech, often considering it more important than other rights. Some American would fight to death to defend their foes right to speak, but not the…

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‘Tell Everyone I Love Them’

Is war simply part of human nature? It’s been absurdly “ordinary” throughout my lifetime, and continually expanding its power and psychological reach.

And unless you’re in the middle of it…

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Freepoint Eco-Systems Plastic Incinerator Shuts Down Amidst Community Pushback

On May 28, Freepoint Eco-Systems notified the Ohio EPA and Freepoint employees that it would be shutting down its Central Ohio plastic incineration facility, located outside of Hebron in…

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The Fight for Democracy Doesn't Pick Sides—It Belongs to All of Us

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: The current process for citizen-led ballot initiatives in Ohio is broken. It creates a "gatekeeper" system that allows the state to silence voices…

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"An Ordinary Insanity”-Documentary premier

Thursday, June 4, 2026 - 08:00pm
this event will be occurring via Zoom

Join us for the online premiere of "An Ordinary Insanity", a new 28-minute documentary featuring renowned whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. Filmed by Oscar-nominated director Judith Ehrlich one year before his death, Ellsberg provides a powerful wakeup call about the global threat posed by nuclear weapons and how we can greatly reduce the danger of nuclear annihilation. 

The free premiere will include a panel featuring director…

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Muhammed Ali

Remembering Muhammad Ali

Ten years ago, friend Willis E. Brown, and my two young sons piled into my van in the early morning hours of Friday, June 10, 2016, and set out for Louisville, Kentucky, the birthplace of Muhammad Ali. Two hours later we stopped in Cincinnati and…

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Lee Zeldin, a Disaster as EPA Administrator

“Zeldin’s EPA To Relax Drinking Water Rules” was the headline last week in the daily newspaper Newsday on Long Island, New York—from which Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is from…

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Ohio lawmakers move to make DeWine's data center tax break halt permanent

This article first appeared here

Ohio legislators want to make Governor Mike DeWine’s pause on new data center tax exemptions permanent.

House Bill 957, introduced May 27 by Rep. Tristan Rader, D-Lakewood, would amend…

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The Epstein War: Follow the Money, Find the Beneficiaries

In the shifting sands of the Middle East, the conflict we must now identify as the “Epstein War”—or what many observers are increasingly calling the “Bankers War”—is rarely about the rhetoric broadcast on mainstream news. Behind the curtain of…

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