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Reel Time with Richard: West Bank tale doesn’t pull its punches

The Teacher takes on one of the most divisive issues in the world today: the struggle between Israel and the Palestinians. And it does it in a way that is thoughtful, provocative and dramatic.

The title character is Basem El-Saleh (…

// Opinion
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How Two Republican Presidents Helped Destroy Our Foreign Policy In The Middle East

The current situation in Afghanistan is undeniably linked to the 1990-1991 Gulf War. This earlier conflict could have been prevented if then President George H.W. Bush had told Saddam Hussein that Iraq would be blasted back into the stone age if…

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The Slaughterhouse Speed Trap and The Laws of The Jungle

A century after Upton Sinclair’s exposé "The Jungle" ripped open the carcass of America’s meatpacking industry and shocked the nation, the horrors of America’s slaughterhouse industry just got worse

Sows in Factory Farm Gestation Crates, courtesy…

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Public Education Dollars Continue to Be Gutted

Mayor Ginther's and Columbus City Council's decades long continuation of granting tax abatements to wealthy developers and corporations have robbed hundreds of millions of dollars from our Columbus Public School coffers, let alone contributing to…

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