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Fighting for the Right to Choose Our City Council

It was standing room only Monday, March 23 as over a hundred motivated voters gathered to learn how to pass a needed ballot issue. Was this just an angry and disorganized mob of disgruntled voters…

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Yes, Iran is Playing Chess — But Only After Rewriting the Rules of the Game

The origins of chess are contested, but few dispute that while the game began in India, it was the Sassanian Persian Empire that refined it into a recognizable strategic system. It was…

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Criminalizing and Chilling Protest

There’s no question that Trump and his administration, virtually from the top much of the way down just do not like protest or protestors. The whole gang and their larger tribe from Congress to…

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Letter to the Editor - Finishing the Work of Ohio’s President Ulysses S. Grant

As we approach our Statewide Day of Action on March 28, we believe this perspective on Ohio's own Ulysses S. Grant and the "Right to a Remedy" is vital for your readers in Columbus and beyond. ​…

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Trash Trivia at March Green Drinks

Wednesday, March 25, 2026
6:00 PM 8:00 PM

The Olde Oak, 62 Parsons Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43215 United States (map)

Join Green Columbus and Keep Columbus Beautiful at The Olde Oak for a fun night of Trash Trivia! Test your knowledge, learn about local waste reduction and litter clean-up efforts, and discover how you can get involved!

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

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Impeachment: It's Not A Criminal Trial, It's A Constitutional And Political Process

 

John Bonifaz: 
Yes. No question about it. And look, the other thing they say, right, and this was said by Hakim Jefferies and Katherine Clark and Pete Aguilar in their statement as to why they were voting present is…

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The Illusion of American Democracy: What America Sees Abroad—and Refuses to See at Home

The latest 2026 report from global democracy watchdogs marks a moment that would have been difficult to imagine only a generation ago. According to the V-Dem Institute, the United States now ranks 51st out of 179 countries in measures of liberal…

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From Palestine to Iran: What Arab and Muslim Silence Really Reveals

I have always found it interesting, and at times revealing, when seasoned activists and intellectuals in the West, including those who see themselves as deeply committed to Palestine, raise the same familiar point: Arab governments must…

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48 Hours and What You Can Do

It is hard to come-up with adjectives to describe the lunatic president of the US who is a puppet of Netanyahu (Epstein Mossad files), another lunatic who just noted that Jesus Christ does not have an advantage over Genkiz Khan. Israeli colonial…

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