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Ohio groups rally for fair legislative maps, advocate for Black and Muslim communities affected by illegal gerrymandering following oral arguments
On Wednesday morning (Dec. 8, 2021), a joint coalition of Ohio advocacy groups, including the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, Ohio Environmental Council, and the Council of American Islamic Relations-Ohio, rallied for fair maps in front…
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Mother of deceased child who overdosed in Columbus: “She was a sister, a mother, a friend, a human being with an addiction”
Below this introduction is the obituary for Sarah Michelle Burris, who passed from a drug overdose in October. The obituary was written by her mother who wrote it “early one morning after not sleeping very much. The words are straight from my…
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Why We Should Oppose the Democracy Summit
The exclusion of certain countries from the U.S. “democracy summit” is not a side issue. It is the very purpose of the summit. And excluded countries have not been excluded for failing to meet the standards of behavior of those that were invited…
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Busting Myths: The Ohio State University promotes public health crises
I continue my examination of The Ohio State University. In this essay, I focus on several dimensions of public health. Ohio State has a large medical center and various public health programs. Yet they are not involved with the university’s…
// Opinion