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War, Collapse, and the Misreading of Power

The 12-day war between the United States, Israel, and Iran in 2025, followed by renewed conflict on February 28, 2026, revealed not merely a military confrontation, but a fundamental…

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The Architecture of Suppression: A Movement for Accountability

The lines of engagement in our country have shifted. We are no longer merely witnessing a partisan struggle of Right vs. Left; we are standing at the precipice of a much deeper chasm: Freedom vs.…

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Solar News This Week - May 10, 2026

House Republicans introduce bill to extend renewables tax credits

Republican lawmakers in the US House of Representatives are trying to restore tax credits for wind, solar and…

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Don Leonard and Morgan Harper

Primary vote reflected a “dynamic shifting” and “different energy” amongst local and state Democrats

Some of Columbus’s best progressive activists and their wisdom can be heard at the Free Press’s monthly Salon, and this past Saturday afternoon was no exception as the recent primary vote…

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Action Alerts

Drag Protest Against Transphobia

Tuesday, May 12, 4pm
4:00 PM (Rally) 4:30 PM (Showtime)
Ohio Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square, Columbus

Protest Against HB 249 (Ohio's proposed drag ban). An event by Trans Experimental Action

To see more Central Ohio activist events check out our Activist Calendar

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New Regional Coalition Launches to Hold AEP Accountable

Columbus Stand Up! joined organizations across Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, and California to launch a new regional coalition fighting back against rising utility bills and corporate profiteering by AEP.

Ahead of AEP’s Q1 earnings call,…

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Anduril's invasion: how a Silicon Valley startup is quietly taking over the American war machine

This article first appeared here

Palmer Luckey’s defense startup is everywhere now. And that is exactly the problem.

In the span of a single news cycle, Anduril Industries announced it is leading a team to build space-based weapons…

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The Scholar and the Sledgehammer: How the Architect of Project 2025 Traded Black History for Political Overhaul

In the halls of academia, there was once a historian named Kevin Roberts. Long before he became the President of the Heritage Foundation, Roberts spent years submerged in the archives of American history. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on the…

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Collapsing Empire: How Iran Defeated Israel

A stunning investigative report by Hebrew-language outlet Ynet has laid bare the embarrassing cataclysm not only of the US-Israeli war on Iran, but the Zionist entity’s effort to destroy the Resistance via covert and overt…

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