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Trump proposes a huge increase in military spending despite widespread economic stresses

Trump and Republicans in Congress are – and have been – advancing a budget for the country that reduces assistance for ordinary citizens. This is glaringly obvious in Trump’s…

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The Price of the "Hormuz Siege" and the Stock Market Game

The sun rose today over the Strait of Hormuz not as a symbol of a new beginning, but as a spotlight on a global powder keg. For those of us here in Ohio—mothers, grandmothers, and advocates who…

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Book Review: Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us About Breasts by Sarah Thorton

Perhaps nowhere other than American is there such a prurient fascination with women’s breasts. In the cultural landscape, they are stared out, celebrated, deified, legislated against, and…

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New Columbus Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to Haslam

…and the wisdom of the Columbus Partnership.

And to the greed for which City Hall stands.

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Action Alerts

Columbus Stand Up! Utility and data center organizing meeting

Monday, April 13, 2026 - 07:00pm
Zoom

Since PUCO decided to grant AEP another rate increase, we see this as an opportunity to strengthen our organizing efforts. Join us on Monday, April 13, at 7pm on zoom for a utility and data center organizing meeting. 

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This Week on California Solartopia:

Audio: PLASTICS!! with DIANNA COHEN / Reduce Reuse Recycle REFUSE

This Week’s “California Solartopia” welcomes the legendary Dianna Cohen, founder and Chief Vision Officer of the Plastic Pollution Coalition ( https://www.…

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The Trump/Newsom Nuke War Against Renewables Gets a Diablo Push

Amidst Donald Trump’s wild Mideast War declarations, the tech billionaire push for nuclear reactor suicide has escalated with the shock relicensing of California’s two nuclear power plants at Diablo Canyon, now being pushed by the state’s “…

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Columbus, Ohio, Rally for Iran, Lebanon, and Palestine

Four local groups — Baladna: Palestine Society of Columbus, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at The Ohio State University, People’s Defense Committee (PDC), and the Columbus New Labor Committee — held an…

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The Real Nuclear Powers in the Mideast Are the U.S. And Israel

The finest military modern thinker, Maj Gen. J.F.C. Fuller, stated that the true object of war is not victory but the peace that follows the conflict. By that standard, the Trump-Netanyahu war against Iran and Lebanon is an embarrassing political…

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