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Mexico City Protests Disappearances
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Thousands of angry protesters filled Mexico City’s Paseo de la Reforma boulevard, marching more than two miles to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the disappearance of 43 education students from…
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Lawsuit Filed by Ohio Civic Groups, Black Ohioans, Muslim Ohioans, and Other Voters Harmed by State’s New, Partisan District Maps
On September 17, three Ohio civic organizations and six individual Ohioans filed suit in the Supreme Court of Ohio, seeking to block the state general assembly plan adopted by the Ohio Redistricting Commission on September 16 and…
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Ohio's Medical marijuana program far from perfect, but Buckeye Relief strives to grow the best medicine to save lives
Ohio’s medical marijuana law and program are not perfect and there have been complaints – prices are too high, the state-mandated THC levels are too low, you can’t grow your own medicine, and the complaint heard most often, it’s illegal in Ohio…
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Separating the Cross and the Sword
What is a gaffe but an inadvertent uttering of an awkward truth? For instance:
“This crusade, this war on terrorism, is going to take a while.”
The “gaffe” part of George W. Bush’s post-9/11 announcement that the War on Terror had…
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