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People protesting at Target

Sing Down the Doors at Target

Bob Roehm

Fifteen or so of us from the Columbus Mennonite Church and elsewhere gathered yesterday (2-22-2026) at 2:00 p.m. at the Target store at the Graceland Shopping Center in Columbus, Ohio for a "Sing…

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New York Times building

No State Spared from Trump’s First Year Back

Wade Rathke

There can’t be much doubt that the New York Times is not President Trump’s favorite newspaper. Weeks ago, they included in the Sunday paper a special section that sought to survey…

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Details about event

From Patent to Place

Michael Aaron

Every February, we rediscover inventors. We share portraits, post quotes, and remind one another of names that were overlooked. For a moment, history expands. Then March arrives.

Granville T…

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Connor Grubb in court

Statement about Connor Grubb

Sean Walton

Friday, February 20, Blendon Township used $150,000 in taxpayer money to send Connor Grubb out the door with a clean record. This is a man who drew his weapon on an unarmed pregnant woman over a…

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Protestors against Iran war
Emergency Call to Action for Iran
UNAC

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The United States has amassed a huge military presence around Iran, including an aircraft carrier group, fighter jets, and drones indicating that war is imminent.

The United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) is calling for popular resistance to these criminal and illegal U.S. threats to take place throughout the country.

If there is a U.S. attack on Iran, we call for unified and immediate EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTIONS across the United States…

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Message to women about ICE

ICE is Our Nightmare

Ohio Immigrant Alliance

In an new video, Lynn Tramonte of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance (OIA) explains how ICE’s tactics for making arrests mimic the behavior of criminals, and the agency has a history of employing violent and sexual offenders. The two…

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Book Shelf Analysis: Arthur Baker’s Looking for the Perfect Beat - Remixing and Reshaping Hip-hop, Rock and Rhythms

Wes Flexner

I opened Arthur Baker’s Autobiography Looking For the Perfect Beat knowing I would receive an immersive music lesson. Arthur Baker is a pioneer of both Hip Hop and electronic music. Baker produced Afrika Bambaataa’s Planet Rock. …

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Atomic Reactor Safety Now Belongs Totally to Donald Trump…Are You Terrorized Yet?

Harvey "Sunny" Wasserman

Only one person now reigns over atomic safety regulation in the United States:  Donald Trump.

Trump has personally invested in the latest “nuclear renaissance” being boosted by the “Epstein Billionaire” class.  

As part of…

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Yes, Dogs Are Faithful Animals, but Randy Fine Is a Dirty Pig

Mahmoud El-Yousseph

US Rep. Randy Fine is a Jewish lawmaker from Florida 6th District wants to make it a hate crime and put you in prison for 5 years if you criticize Israel. Later he posted on X, "If they force us to choose the choice between dogs and Muslims, the…

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