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Protesters denounce GOP tax bill, demand education, health care for all
As Congress scrambles to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the GOP tax bill before Christmas, a nascent resistance movement is growing. On December 9 students and working people marched from the Ohio Statehouse to the office of Senator…
Will Jim Crow Strip & Flip the Alabama Senate Race?
While the whole world watches Tuesday’s Alabama US Senate election, race-based battles behind the scenes could decide the outcome.
They focus on likely stripping of voter rolls to prevent African-Americans from casting their…
Columbus City Council format gets the smackdown from civil rights law experts: Columbus Black elected officials comfortable with racially discriminatory elections
Columbus City Council members opened up their emails on November 20 to find a letter from Leah Aden, Senior Counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (the “LDF”) calling for their attention. The LDF, which President Obama once called “simply the…
2017 Taught us the G.O.P. Is Not A Utopia
We finished at most 25 percent, or hopefully 50 percent, of suffering through a horrible new presidency. 2018 will emerge as a chance for state and congressional changes – albeit one where money, gerrymandering and racism will try to destroy our…