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Only threat, pain and inflicted hell preserve peace, right?
Get the bad guy! Russia: bad. If it invades Ukraine, such a “voluntary war of aggression,” according to David Leonhardt of the New York Times, “would be a sign that Putin believed that Pax Americana was over and that the U.S., the European Union and their allies had become too weak to exact painful consequences.”
Thursday, February 24, 2022, 5:00 PMPlease join us for our next event featuring Faye Wattleton, the first African American and first woman to be President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Faye will be featured with our own President and CEO Iris E. Harvey, for a special Black History Month Virtual Voices event. More information and registration here.
One can frequently disagree with government policies without necessarily regarding them with disgust, but the Joe Biden Administration has turned that corner, first with its senseless promotion of a new Cold War that could turn hot with Russia and, more recently, with its actions undertaken to undermine and punish Afghanistan. The fact that the White House wraps itself in the sanctimonious, self-righteous twaddle that is so much the hallmark of the political left is bad enough, but when the government goes out of its way to harm and even kill people around the world in pursuit of an elusive global dominance it is time for the American people to rise up and say “Stop!”
Joe Motil, former Columbus City Council candidate and longtime advocate of fairness and opportunity for all people states that, “It is time for Mayor Ginther to ask for the resignation of Public Service Director Jennifer Gallagher.”
Wednesday, February 23, 2021, 6:00 PM
Evictions in Franklin County were a huge problem before the pandemic, and because the cost of rent is rising by the month in Central Ohio, the entire community is facing an affordable housing crisis – a crisis high-end apartment developers obviously couldn’t care less about.
In 2021 the US Census Bureau reported one in three Ohio renters have little or no confidence in their ability to pay next month’s rent.
Yet also in 2021, there were 15,185 evictions in Franklin County compared to 18,219 in 2019. The numbers are down significantly, even with the pandemic and landlords renting thin-walled three-bedroom apartments for $1,400 a month,
Indeed, many local longtime owners of 1,500 to 2,000-square foot homes are paying hundreds less for their mortgage than local renters of newer apartments, and certainly another canary in the coal mine regarding affordable housing in Columbus and its suburbs.
But here’s the good news regarding affordable housing and homelessness, says Carlie J. Boos, executive director for the Affordable Housing Alliance of Central Ohio.
And the reason why evictions were 3,000 less in 2021 compared to 2019.
Tuesday, February 22, 7pm, this on-line event requires advance registration
Inhale/Exhale is a healing space for organizers in the progressive and left space.
As organizers, we are committed to addressing our own trauma to be better leaders and people. This is important for the well-being of our ecosystem. This Inhale/Exhale we will focus on trauma and being trauma-informed. What is being trauma-informed? Come and discuss how to balance experiencing trauma and working with traumatized folx. Join us for February’s Inhale/Exhale that you don’t want to miss.
Please join Dr. Kynetta Sugar McFarlane (she/her), a clinical psychologist with over 15 years of working with traumatized families and the owner of Transformative Health, on ways to find balance. Social justice work is beautiful and hard. Creating intentional spaces to recharge and uplifting the power of the breath via meditation is not only important, but necessary.
Local powerbrokers have heralded New Albany’s planned Intel computer chip plant for the jobs it will bring to the region, but Intel’s plans for Central Ohio are also part of a wider campaign to maintain dominance over China.
On Christmas Day 2021, government officials in Ohio learned that Intel had selected New Albany for the location of its newest manufacturing mega-site. The Ohio legislature quickly mobilized at dizzying speeds to secure $1 billion in tax-payer money for infrastructure improvements including the expansion of State Route 161, expediting permit processes, and altering the tax law to extend tax abatements to 30 years for projects over $1 billion.
Despite a disastrous increase in gun violence in Ohio, the Legislature continues down the road of making it ever easier to obtain and carry firearms. Senate Bill 215 would allow virtually any adult to carry a concealed firearm with no permit, no training, and no background check. SB 215 is moving toward passage in the next few days.
New data from the CDC shows that in 2020: Ohio gun homicides increased 47% over 2019 and Ohio's gun violence rate is 10% above the US rate.
Chairwoman Walters:
The rump (as in Trump) of the unDemocratic Party of Ohio acted anti-democratically in endorsing Tim Ryan for U.S. Senate with no input from the party membership.
You underscore your contradictory, hypocritical, and anti-democratic actions by not endorsing candidates among the party faithful in the Governors and State Supreme Court races, and only in the Morgan Harper vs. Tim Ryan primary contest. This accompanies your underpublicized decision to conduct joint-fund-raising with Ryan and not Harper, with no voice for the Party “faithful,” for whom you have no respect.
No reason, principles, fairness, or respect for the Party or any others stops a small unelected cabal from acting against a black, female, progressive, young candidate who is more intelligent, better informed, and more articulate than your "old boy" choice of Tim Ryan.