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“Standing with Ukraine” Doesn’t Mean What We Think It Does

Russia’s 2022 illegal invasion of Ukraine outraged the world. Imperialist Russia had no good reason for violating the sovereignty of a much smaller country, and the world’s response was to “stand…

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The Egyptian Man Who Risked His Life to Save a Family from a Sinking Car

Sometimes, an ordinary person is placed in an extraordinary situation, and what he does in those few critical moments reveals more about his character than a lifetime of words ever could.

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Goodbye Sussexes

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The High Cost of Unchecked Power—From Federal Scandals to the Ohio Pocketbook

When analyzing headline-grabbing national news, it is easy to view these events as isolated incidents happening elsewhere. But as decentralized, independent media—the Fifth Estate—our…

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Action Alerts

Arborfest at Whetstone Park

Saturday, August 22, 2026 - 12:00-5:00pm
Whetstone Park, 3923 North High Street, Columbus, OH 43214

Family-friendly community event with music, food vendors, guided nature walks, Whetstone Prairie tours, bird-spotting walks, and a live tree pruning demonstration. educational presentations on bats, ecopoetry, native tree care, and the "Fighting for the Urban Forest" panel, a native plant sale with local nurseries, a pop-up market, river critter searching, kid-friendly story time, and sustainable crafts, live performances by local bands like Six Feet Apart and Roscommon…

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World Hunger and Starvation Have Reached a Crisis Level

Starvation is a particularly cruel and horrible way to die. Beginning with intense hunger and pain and followed by exhaustion and mental deterioration, starvation continues with the body gradually consuming its own tissues on a downward spiral…

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Dr. Bob and Dan-o seek shelter from the storm on Everybody Knows

Dr. Bob and Dan-o Dougan spin stormy weather tunes and Dan sings one original song - Eye of the Storm.

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Listen live at 11pm Fridays, August 21 and 28, and Mondays, August 24 and 31 at 10am streaming at wgrn.org or…

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Many still in the dark on what City Council will do regarding Our City Our Say - ‘9 and 4’ or ‘9 and 2’?

Columbus City Council is voting on Monday, August 24 to place a competing charter amendment on November’s ballot against Our City Our Say’s charter amendment, but what exactly council will be voting for is still unknown to many. 

Will…

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"What Radicalized You?"

“What radicalized you?”

I dunno man maybe it was all the wars based on lies or the corporate ecocide or the live-streamed genocide or the people sleeping on sidewalks while billionaires become trillionaires or the plundering of the global…

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