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When Will US Join Global Call to End Ukraine War?
When Japan invited the leaders of Brazil, India and Indonesia to attend the G7 summit in Hiroshima, there were glimmers of hope that it might be a forum for these rising economic powers from the Global South to discuss their advocacy…
// Opinion
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Book Review: Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad by Matthew F. Delmont
My late mother’s only brother, Willie D. Grandy–she and her sisters fondly called him WD or Broboy–fought in World II. My mother on occasion talked about missing him while he was away, and how they often didn’t know where he was. I never heard…
// Opinion
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Justice for Shireen Abu Akleh
May 11 marked the one-year anniversary of the murder of Palestinian America journalist Shireen Abu Akleh who was killed by an Israeli soldier while wearing a clearly marked vest while on assignment to cover a military raid in Jenin refugee camp…
// Opinion
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Save Ohio Parks opposes oil and gas extraction on Ohio public lands
This week the window opened for oil and gas companies to submit nominations to the Oil and Gas Land Management Commission for parcels of Ohio public land – including our state parks, forests, and wildlife areas – to be leased for oil and gas…
// News