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Reeltime with Richard Ades: Blacks, Jews unite in fight to liberate amusement park

This article first appeared online here.

PBS has just launched Black and Jewish America, a four-week miniseries that examines the political and historical ties between African Americans and Jewish Americans.

For those who want to…

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“Obstructing official business”: A harbinger of things to come if ICE surges into Columbus a second time?

The anti-ICE protestor who was arrested by Columbus police believes an obstructing official business charge was filed separately after the night of the incident.

He’s also been offered a plea deal. Prosecutors will drop the initial charges…

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Video: Vigil for Alex Pretti, Renee Good and other ICE victims

On Sunday, February 1 there were two vigils for Alex Pretti, Renee Good and other victims of ICE terror -- one at Weinland Park and one at the VA hospital in Columbus.

Watch video here

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Vigil for those killed by ICE

On a bitter cold street corner nurses, union workers, musicians, and other folks gathered to remember the life of Veterans Administration (VA) Intensive Care Unit nurse and American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 3669 Union…

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