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Herbalists Without Borders is an international, non-profit, non-governmental organization that works to deliver health justice and humanitarian aid worldwide through direct service and volunteerism. Some chapters work in war-torn or famine-stricken nations, some chapters exclusively work with veterans, while others serve their communities’ underserved (uninsured, houseless or underemployed) populations.
In central Ohio, the chapter (HWBCO: Herbalists Without Borders, Central Ohio) is currently focused on running People’s Clinics and a People’s Apothecary, both of which are sliding scale (no one turned away for lack of funds).
Currently, the chapter runs clinics once monthly in conjunction with other mutual aid organizations: Food Not Bombs or Mothers In Arms. They hope to increase to weekly clinics as they get more volunteers. “We know the need is there, we just need to grow to meet it.” says Whitney Dunlap, and organizer with HWBCO. The People’s Apothecary is available at every clinic and each HWBCO organizing meeting (monthly on fourth Sundays of each month).
Citizens Rally Over Offsite Contamination at the Portsmouth Nuclear Site
As schools start up across the nation, the Zahn’s Corners Middle School in Piketon, Ohio, remains closed. The reason? Neptunium, a highly radioactive element, was found by a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) air monitor outside the building. Not in a current broadcast, mind you, but hidden in a 2017 DOE report that was made public in January of 2019.
Dr. Michael Ketterer, an expert on radioactive isotopes who happened to be in Ohio in April, took samples from the school and from local streams and attics. His testing found unmistakable evidence of radioactive contamination coming from the Portsmouth Nuclear Site nearby – a 4,000-acre site that once housed a massive uranium enrichment operation. The site name of Portsmouth a misnomer, as it is actually just outside Piketon.
“Trump Recession”
A specter is haunting the market – the specter of a “Trump recession.” This specter is certainly spooky. The self-described Tariff Man, misusing the authority that Congresshad unwisely delegated to the presidency, has recklessly waged a “trade war” by tweets. Under Trump, the US tariff levels have been hiked to emerging market levels, costing the average US household an estimated $1,000 per year. Worse, the sheer unpredictability of the course of the trade war has prompted corporations worldwide to postpone investment, slowing economic growth. If not counteracted now, it may even trigger a recession.
Two titans of rock face off these days with recent albums: Akron, Ohio's Black Keys and Detroit's Jack White and his mostly Cincinnati-based Raconteurs.
Gotta love that Ohio connection. Not only did Ohio generals win the Civil War, but most of the farm-boy regiments Sherman used to make Georgia howl were from Ohio (and Indiana).
We're as tough as turkey buzzards.
(By the way, I saw one strutting down West 1st Avenue in Grandview the other day, having pecked at some grisly pile of fur and guts in the road. Thing really did look like a big fat turkey. Its wingspread was enormous, taking off like a B-52.)
The two unequally fine albums make for a helluva death match. Let's get after it.
Their rock this time out is '70s heavy both in energy as well as nuanced period-piece production. Want a little AC/DC, Queen, ELO and even Stealers Wheel with your modern rock? Jack and Dan reach deep into their magic trick bags and the mix of styles are dang good for the most part and at times even colossal.
I had the opportunity to visit immigrants in detention centers at our country’s border and witness their experiences. Big Kellie and little Kellie, founders of Love without Lines, and myself, the founder of 1DIVINELINE2HEALTH, saw firsthand 250 folks sleeping on concrete floors and in 20 tents at the bridge. Some of the people had not begun their immigration paperwork, while others were awaiting their date to meet with an official.
We worked for a week with the Angry Tías and Abuelas (aunts and grandmothers) and the Brownsville Team who feed the immigrants twice a day and provide for their basic needs. Thanks to the generosity of charitable Columbus residents, we brought with us hygiene products for the families, including zinc oxide, diapers and waterproof diapers for babies with fungal infections.
Friday, September 6, 5pm-12midnight; Saturday, September 7, 12noon-12midnight; Sunday, September 8, 11am-8pm;
240 Parsons Ave. [northeast of the intersection of E. Main St. and Parsons Ave.]
https://hottimesfestival.com/
The annual Hot Times Community Music and Arts Festival is an independent and all-volunteer-driven community arts and music festival in Columbus, Ohio. The location of the festival is a beautiful grassy area with mature hardwood trees providing the perfect spot to relax and enjoy music!
Thursday, September 5, 7-8:30pm, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 30 W. Woodruff Ave.
Living in Columbus, it’s not hard to see that the system is broken. We live under a reign of police terror where working-class black and brown youth are targeted for execution and imprisonment; Ohio State University and the city of Columbus have been working together to gentrify neighborhood after neighborhood; tens of thousands of students are getting into life-long debt for an education; ICE harasses undocumented immigrants with impunity; landlords and capitalists exploit and oppress us.
The only hope that we have is the organized force of our class: the working class. We must continue the work of building revolutionary organizations and movements that can fight relentlessly for our rights in the workplace, in housing, and as living and working people.
The Central Ohio Revolutionary Socialists is one such organization. If you tremble at every injustice, you are a comrade of ours. Join us to help forge a weapon in the struggle for a better tomorrow!
Contact: iso.columbus@gmail.com
When Westboro Baptist protestors descended on St. John's United Church of Christ on Columbus' near east side to demonstrate again the "Jezebel Preacher," over 130 counterprotestors showed up to peacefully defend their female pastor. The Rev. Virginia Lohman Bauman, targeted for being a female preacher who opens up the church to a congregation that includes LGBTQ people, called it "an amazing spiritual experience" as she was joined by so many supporters on very short notice, according to the United Church of Christ website. According to the website, Columbus Police tipped off the church that the notorious anti-gay Westboro Baptist protestors were coming their way on Friday, August 30. The demonstration happened Sunday, September 1. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church was the second target of the Westboro group and counterprotestors kept up their viglance against the haters there. Rev. Gary Witte and his wife Winifred Wirth joined in the counterprotest and supplied the photos displayed here for the Free Press. Witte reported that the huge outpouring of support by the community for the churches far outnumbered the members of the Westboro Church protest.
When you know, you know. Take President Donald Trump’s Cincinnati speech just before the El Paso and Dayton nightmares. A handful of lefty protestors compared to roughly 20,000 possessed Trumpers, many of whom use the N-word judiciously and have never read a book.
The Ohio General Assembly is firmly in Republican control. All statewide non-judicial elected officials are also GOP. Ohio now has a six-week abortion ban. Proud Boys are marching down Sawmill Road (with a quick stop at Walmart).
Let’s face it, Ohio is becoming redder. When you see so many speeding pick-up trucks sporting American flags, the obvious is staring in you in the face like a crazed Trump supporter ready to punch you out.
“(Ohio is) clearly becoming more conservative, a bit older,” said Ohio U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown just after Ohio’s dreadful midterms for Democrats. “We still have too many young people leaving. We don’t have enough people moving in, so it’s increasingly hard. And we see fewer workers in unions, which makes it harder, as you know.”
Freely Vegan is a local, vegan, top-8 allergen-free company that sells their products online at www.freelyvegan.com and at various events such as the Columbus Vegan Festival and It’s All Natural’s seasonal pop-up markets.
Freely Vegan offers delicious vegan alternative products such as a shelf-stable vegan eggs, gluten free flour and cheeze sauce. They just launched two new ice-cream mixes (vanilla base and a chocolate base) that can be customized into any flavor you want. At the recent Vegan Festival, Freely Vegan featured chocolate, chocolate fudge brownie, mint chocolate chip, cookies-and-cream, strawberry and a coffee ice cream. They often do brownies, and they added brownies into their new ice cream mix that knocked our socks off with an old-time favorite. Chocolate ice cream with brownies – Oh, my! You must try it, and they have many more surprises coming soon.