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Beware the 5G

We love our cell phones. So, what I am about to tell you might be upsetting. Just because you cannot see it, does not mean that exposure to electromagnetic frequencies come without risk. Children love them so much they sleep with them on, under…

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Public Education, Mass Transit and Taxpayers Continue to be Cheated

COLUMBUS, OH –Columbus City Council Candidate Joe Motil and longtime outspoken critic of the city’s tax abatement policies was encouraged to see that other reputable U.S. news organizations are reporting about the counterproductive and…

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Book Review: Arthur Ashe: A Life by Raymond Arsenault

I had the pleasure of meeting Arthur Ashe in the early 1980s. It was in a little tennis shop in a strip mall somewhere on Bethel Road. He was representing his brand, Le Coq Sportif, and the store was full of white children who weren’t even born…

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Rally Says NO to Trump's Global Gag Rule

The sound of powerful chants, cheers, and cars honking in support of reproductive rights echoed down West Broad Street on Wednesday afternoon as activists and community members came together outside of Senator Portman’s Columbus office to protest…
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This Weeks Events

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Protest/Rally
Wed Apr1 12:00 pm
Columbus Says: Senator Husted, Stop the Circus!
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Protest/Rally
Wed Apr1 12:00 pm
Weekly Wednesday Husted and Moreno Protest
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Meeting
Wed Apr1 8:00 pm
Who’s Allowed to Protest?

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