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Book Review: The Revolution of Robert Kennedy: From Power to Protest After JFK by John R. Bohrer

After the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, nobody other than his widow, Jacqueline, suffered worse than his brother, Robert, the attorney general. For Robert, his relationship with his brother was everything; he scarcely existed…

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So you want to be a vegan…Meatless Mondays

One way to start your vegan journey is to eat like a vegan one day a week. That way you get a chance to taste some delicious meat-free dishes without the stress of going vegan cold turkey, to turn a phrase. As you slowly move away from…

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Troupe to stage controversial take on Ferguson shooting

In a recent column in The Columbus Dispatch, Robert Cooperman talked about the challenges he and other conservatives face in the liberal-dominated theater scene. It’s a natural topic for the Ohio University-Lancaster professor, whose troupe,…

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Columbus Abolish ICE protestors released

Anti-ICE (Immigration & Customs Enforcement) activists shut down city streets around ICE headquarters in downtown Columbus, attempted to occupy the ICE office, and erected a two-story wooden tripod structure in front of the building with a…

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Protest/Rally
Thu Apr9 4:00 pm
Sunbury Good Trouble Thursdays
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Meeting
Thu Apr9 5:00 pm
Columbus Documenters Orientation & Note Taking Training
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Community
Thu Apr9 6:00 pm
Indivisible Central Ohio Social Hour

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