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Franklin County residents demand answers on Israel Bonds from Treasurer Brooks-Sullivan, Investment Advisory Committee
Last week community members made their voices heard at the quarterly Franklin County Investment Advisory Committee (IAC) meeting. Despite the public meeting being held at 2pm on a weekday, constituents filled the back rows of the Franklin County…
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Republicans: the anti-abortion party
The Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in the decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, ending the right to abortion that had existed since 1973.
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Save Ohio Parks creates daily fracking accident report Facebook page
In a recent public radio interview, an Ohio oil and gas industry spokesperson claimed fracking was safe and environmentally friendly.
The statement raised the interest of Save Ohio Parks steering committee member Jenny Morgan, who filed a…
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Book Review - Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America by Joy-Ann Reid
After Fannie Lou Hamer, Medgar Evers is the black freedom fighter I most admire. Born in 1925 near Decauter. Mississippi, and reared in the most racist state in the union–the historian Lerone Bennett called it “the worst place in the world for a…
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