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Many turn to teleconference for Christmas

Dreaming of a Zoom Christmas?

Many families and workplaces are celebrating holiday gatherings through videoconference as COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders continue—including finding ways to share festive dinners, or passing the time drinking with friends online.…

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Serpent Mound and big screen with face of Dave "Coach" Daubenmire

Evangelicals protest Serpent Mound, tell Native Americans: “This land will be taken in the name of Jesus”

A fundamentalist Christian church from Hebron (Ohio) with a history of stirring up trouble and worshiping Trump converged on Serpent Mound over the weekend to protest its annual Winter Solstice celebration, seeking to “pray down” the “demon”…

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Man making peace sign

Update on Mory Keita: ICE deports Columbus immigrant who’s key witness in brutality suit

The Columbus immigrant who is a key witness in a federal civil rights suit alleging excessive force by corrections officers at the notorious Butler County jail was indeed deported back to his native Africa even though a federal judge had ruled U.…

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The Exercise to Keep America Divided – Fact or Fiction? A Book Review

Following Donald Trump’s triumph in the 2016 election, Ohio writer Jef Benedetti asked a disturbing but not impossible question: What if the two major political parties were colluding to keep power at the top while keeping the rest of the country…

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This Weeks Events

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Protest/Rally
Tue Mar24 4:00 pm
Worthington Rush Hour Rally
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Protest/Rally
Tue Mar24 4:30 pm
Support Veterans Rush Hour Rally.
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Film
Tue Mar24 7:00 pm
Screening of Death and Taxes