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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…
Trump Assassination Attempt Highlights the Deadly Power of Misinformation
The recent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has highlighted a deeply troubling trend in American politics: the pervasive spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories. Following the incident at a rally in Pennsylvania,…
Sacred Native American ground: Moundbuilders Country Club continues to fight losing battle for third-rate golf course
Any decision in the Ohio History Connection’s (OHC) eminent domain lawsuit to fully reclaim The Octagon from the Moundbuilders County Club has been delayed yet again.
The trial, after many previous delays, had been rescheduled for July 15…
How to Run Against JD Vance and How Not To
Once again, Ohio is trying to pawn off one of its worst politicians on the country. It’s long been a strategy of the Buckeye State to get rid of our crumb-bums by getting them elected to national office. Consider William Henry Harrison, who did…