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The Spark in Tell: How a Village Resistance Disrupted Israel’s West Bank Strategy

During a military raid on the small town of Tell, southwest of Nablus, a moment of direct defiance shattered the illusion of total Palestinian submission.

Faced with relentless military…

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De-Normalize Israel

Basically we’ve got two choices: we either aggressively denormalize Israel or we watch our society become more and more Israeli.

We either collectively reject Israel, or we watch western…

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Thom Hartmann, Detective

Here are two ways an American can make a citizen.

  • 1.  Take your partner out for a nice dinner and a romantic dance.
    • 2.  Once home, with no light but candles, remove…
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Columbus Residents Overwhelmingly Demand Data Center Moratorium and Stronger Environmental Protections

Twenty-four people provided testimony on draft data center policy proposed by Columbus City Council’s Public Utilities and Sustainability Committee Wednesday night. The community…

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Action Alerts

Block all funding for Iran War

The National Iranian American Council (NIAC);
 The President is continuing his illegal war on Iran despite Congress passing a War Powers Resolution ordering an end to it. Urge your Senators to demand a vote to block all funding for the war—and to oppose any defense bill that fails to prohibit it. 

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If Democracy Had a World Cup

Like millions of you, I spent many hours in the past month watching the World Cup. As usual, I was pulling for Uruguay, a place I’ve never visited but have admired for being the first South American country to legalize same-sex marriage,…

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Shooting From the Lipp - Rights are not for the Left

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Trumpman is innovatively if not logically tariffing wildfire smoke, while using his own smoke—also mirrors—to focus on migrants instead of his crypto billions and failed Qatar plane grift. Testosterone stocks are up,…

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Bob and Dan on a sailboat

Everybody Knows Dr. Bob and Dan-o are sailing on, sailor

Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan dream of being out at sea -- if they had a boat and could sail away.

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Listen live at 11pm Fridays, July 24 and 31, and Mondays at 10am July 27 and August 3, streaming at wgrn.org …

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Melat Kiros: The Ethiopian American Lawyer Who Made History

When Ethiopian American lawyer Melat Kiros could no longer bear to witness the suffering in Gaza, she published a message condemning what she viewed as the complicity of American law firms in suppressing pro-Palestinian voices and protests. The…

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