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Dark Dawning: The Age of Nuclear Waste Begins
I feel that we got the final wake-up call at Fukushima and that we need to phase out and shut down the 104 reactors in America. I will put it very bluntly: We need to kill them before they kill us. – S. David…
The Long Strange Tale of House Bill Six
It was supposed to be just another round of pork in Columbus. The nuclear power industry, which was flush with success from winning billions in bailouts from state governments in New York and Illinois was again prepared to play Ohio's government…
Columbus City Council falls woefully short in reforming marijuana penalties
Ignoring criticism that they weren’t going far enough, Columbus City Council used home-rule powers at their July 22 meeting to reduce penalties for low-level marijuana offenses below the state’s penalties.
The legislation…
Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring by Richard Gergel
I tell the students in my African American History Post-Emancipation class that the blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard is the police beating that time forgot. Woodard had been discharged from the United States Army in 1946. A decorated veteran, he…