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Resistance Songs for Independence Day concert

Touring artist The Pinkerton Raid on July 4th will be at The Rumba Cafe for Resistance Songs for Independence Day at 6:30pm. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. 

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Shooting from the Lipp - Immigrant hunger strike and more

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Hunger strike inside, protests outside the private prison holding good American immigrants, best of the best. Not content to…

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2026 Equality Ohio Candidate Scorecard

Pride has always been political.

Not because LGBTQ+ Ohioans asked for our lives to become political talking points — but because every generation before us understood that…

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Vultures Eat the Dead in Tibetan Sky Funeral 

On the outskirts of Lhasa, Tibetan mourners whispered prayers, while hungry brooding vultures circled overhead.

Cawing.

"This is our sky funeral. We let the vultures eat the bodies…

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Action Alerts

Tell Axios: Stop manufacturing consent for intervention in Cuba

The U.S. has no right to attack Cuba, threaten Cuba, starve Cuba, or decide Cuba’s future. The people of Cuba need fuel, medicine, food, and sovereignty. For more than 60 years, Washington has tried to force Cuba into submission through economic warfare, isolation, and regime-change operations. Media outlets should not help recycle the narratives used to justify escalation and intervention.

Tell Axios: Report on the humanitarian impact of U.S. sanctions on Cuba…

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From Pillar to Pariah: How America Turned Its Cold War Ally Iran into a Long-Term Adversary

For decades, Washington has told itself a reassuring story about Iran. The conflict, according to the conventional narrative, began in 1979 with the Islamic Revolution, the hostage crisis, and the rise of an anti-American theocracy…

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The Palestine Industry: The Rats of Gaza and the Opportunists among Us

For those unfamiliar with the intricate machinery of Israeli politics, the unanimous 110-0 vote to dissolve the Knesset on May 20 appears to be an earth-shattering event. On the surface, it looks as if the days of Prime Minister…

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Former FirstEnergy CEO, top executive reindicted on corruption charges in HB 6 bribery case

Two former FirstEnergy executives were reindicted Tuesday on public corruption charges stemming from the House Bill 6 scandal — Ohio’s largest-ever bribery scheme — after a two-month trial ended in a mistrial in March when jurors could not reach…

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State of Rights of Nature 2026 Report

After 20 years of controversial and challenging work, the “rights of nature” movement, which aims to extend legal protections to the natural world, finds itself on shaky ground, facing counterattacks, outright bans, corruption,…

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