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Some reasons why the country would be better off without Trump
Historians have ranked Trump as the worst present ever. According to Factually, “recent expert surveys commonly place Donald Trump and James Buchanan among the…
A Shadow Settlement: The $1.776 Billion Question of Accountability
Corruption, greed, and the strategic misuse of executive pardons have converged in a chilling display of unaccountability, exemplified by the recent, secretive dismissal of a $10 billion IRS…
Zahraa Kobeissi: A Woman Who Defies Israeli Bombings to Help Displaced Families in Lebanon
Lebanese humanitarian worker Zahraa Kobeissi, who is in her late thirties, drives across the country every day to evacuate civilians and deliver aid—undeterred by the threat of…
No Government Should Have the Power to Kill
The death penalty is not justice. It is the deliberate, calculated killing of a human being by a government that claims moral authority through law. Every execution is an assertion that…
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Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 12:00 PM
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Columbus Metropolitan Library and our Local History & Genealogy division are hosting this free virtual event.
Ask questions and live chat with LH&G staff and guest speakers from your computer or mobile device.Join our Black Heritage Special Collections Librarian Nicole Sutton for this month's afternoon talk about Black History in Columbus. We will have a conversation with special…
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Additional Articles
PPG has been pumping a probable cancer-causing chemical into the Scioto River for decades
PPG Industries has operated a manufacturing facility at 559 Pittsburgh Road in Circleville for decades. Beneath that facility, and spreading west toward the Scioto River, sits a plume of 1,4-dioxane — a synthetic industrial chemical the EPA…
Trump’s War on Iran Is a Symptom of Unchecked US Military Power
This article was originally published by Truthout.
Perhaps some things should never be spoken — for, when they are, they leave us aghast, in a state of horror. Think here of the ghostly figure in Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.” During the…
Solar News This Week - May 17, 2026
Solar generation to surpass coal in Texas
Utility-scale solar power is projected to surpass coal-fired generation on the Texas grid this year as the region shifts generation away from fossil fuels and toward renewables.…
Governments Love Secrecy, But the World’s Major Problems Are Not Secret
I’ve been reading Truth and Consequence: Reflections on Catastrophe, Civil Resistance, and Hope. It’s a collections of things Daniel Ellsberg wrote and didn’t publish. I come to it having read what he did publish, having spoken with him about…