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NEW REPORT: 50 anti-LGBTQ+ incidents tracked in Ohio in 2025, fourth-highest in nation
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This article first appeared in the Buckeye Flame
New data places Ohio among states with the highest number of anti-LGBTQ+ incidents in the country in 2025.
GLAAD, the world’s…
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Everybody Knows some really long songs
Dr. Bob Fitrakis plays some really really long rock songs.
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Listen live at 11pm Friday, January 30 and streaming at wgrn.org or on the radio at 91.9FM
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When History Stops Asking Questions
History rarely turns on arguments. It turns on moments people cannot unsee.
A photograph. A short video. A few seconds that settle in the mind and refuse to leave. These are the moments when debate stops and something heavier takes its…
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FCC Equal Time: Promise or a Threat?
The equal time provisions under decades of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) actions have largely been eroded and haphazardly enforced, if all. Ostensibly, provisions still exist on the books as statute and via FCC regulations. “Under…
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