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The Sovereignty of the Ballot: Ohio’s Constitutional Stand Against Institutional Immunity

In the current political climate, the Fourth Estate must act as more than a witness; we must serve as a digital powerhouse for transparency and a guardian of constitutional fidelity. As federal…

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Israeli Settler Kidnapped a Palestinian Farmer in Beit Iksa Village Near Jerusalem

Israeli settler violence is not isolated — it is state‑backed terror enabled and protected by the Israeli government and military. Its goal is to instill fear in the hearts of Indigenous…

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Simulated Democracy: Money, Maps, and Manufacturing Representation

In the United States, democratic legitimacy has increasingly been undermined by structural distortions embedded within the electoral system itself. For decades, political influence has…

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The Man Who Seeks to Rule the World

Although Donald Trump has never been modest about his abilities or reluctant to exercise personal power, during his second term in office he has shown clear signs of …

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Action Alerts

Rally for Voting Rights & Civil Rights!


Saturday, Mat 16, 2-4pm
Ohio Statehouse

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Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais eviscerated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and opened the floodgates to racist gerrymandering across the country. This was the culmination of a decades-long Republican project to dismantle the VRA and erase minority representation across broad swaths of the country.

After winning the battle…

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Shooting from the Lipp - MAGA split

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The split in MAGA over Iran looms large, and Loomer says the nay-sayers are the Woke Reich. Democrat-ish leaders put their thumb on the candidate scale, and a new Florida history course says the American dream is made of…

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Data centers are breaking Ohio's grid. The proof has been sitting in a public document since January

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This is not the conclusion of an environmental group or a community activist. This is what the grid operator wrote in its own planning document.

PJM Interconnection publishes an independent load…

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Songs that tell a story on Everybody Knows

Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan found songs that tell a story in this episode of Everybody Knows.

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Listen live at 11pm Fridays, May 15 and 22, and Mondays at 10am May 18 and 25, streaming at wgrn.org or on the…

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Israeli settlers steal livestock in the West Bank with IDF assistance

On the morning of May 13, 2026, Israeli settlers and occupation soldiers carried out coordinated attacks on the Palestinian villages of Sinjil and Jaljulia, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. According to local sources, dozens of…

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