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Parents, Educators, Students, and Community Members Unite to Call for an Equitable Process Before Any Addition School Closures

In response to the district’s ongoing budget shortfall and the possibility of additional school closures, the Columbus Education Justice Coalition (CEJC) and a broad coalition of parents, educators, students, and community members are demanding…

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BAD BILLS at the Ohio Statehouse

This article first appeared here.

Ohio friends….I have good news and bad news.
Bad News: Ohio’s Republican Statehouse supermajority is trying to rush dozens of dangerous, unpopular bills through the legislative…

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Bill Pulte

Pulte is a Mortgage Mess and Has to Go

Bill Pulte is the administrator of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the huge mortgage guarantors that are critical to the housing market and the ability of Americans to own and remain in their homes.…

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Ohio highway patrol has contract with firm that tracked abortion patient

Flock Group, Inc. has had some explaining to do this year. Billed as an intelligent platform that "unites communities, businesses, schools and law enforcement, combining their power to solve and deter crime together," the vendor of automated…

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This Weeks Events

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Protest/Rally
Fri Sep18 3:00 pm
Stop Anduril

Ohio Youth for Climate Justice

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Protest/Rally
Sat Sep19 9:30 am
Hilliard Pop-Up Protest