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Why the U.S. State Department would not certify Trump’s election as legitimate

If this year's U.S. presidential election was held in a foreign nation, the U.S. State Department would not certify it as a "free and fair election." If this occurred anywhere else in the world the report by our government would conclude that…

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OSU students, faculty, alums call for collective action to stop Dakota Access Pipeline

In Columbus, the looming Donald Trump presidency has added urgency and intensity to protests of the Dakota Access Pipeline. On November 16 the student group Socialist Students organized a demonstration on the Ohio State University campus.

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Did the GOP Strip & Flip the 2016 Selection?

Hillary Clinton's margin of victory in the 2016 vote count continues to climb, at this point well over a million. 


But her impending defeat in the Electoral College comes with familiar signs that the election was stripped and flipped…

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Columbus Urban Farm Foraged & Sown Wins Federal Farm Grant

US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently announced 2016 USDA Rural Development grant awardees including just two recipients in Ohio. Kate Hodges and Rachel Tayse of Columbus urban farm Foraged & Sown are among this year's…

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