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Always an Emergency!

 

Remember Phase 1 of Zone In when the Columbus Mayor and City Council screamed that THE SKY IS FALLING? They spent 2.7 MILLION DOLLARS of taxpayer money just on a marketing campaign to tell us that we had to pass the largest change to…

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Taxpayers file a complaint against the U.S. government for complicity in the genocide in Gaza

On October 7, the Center for Constitutional Rights endorsed an amended and expanded legal complaint filed by Taxpayers Against Genocide, the National Lawyers Guild International Committee, and Palestinian-American petitioners with the…

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ReadyNow! Emergency App for ICE encounters

Human Rights First’s Innovation Lab announced the launch of ReadyNow!, a free and secure mobile app designed to help immigrants prepare for possible detention and act quickly in moments of crisis. The app empowers users to create an…

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Reel Time with Richard Ades: Tortured Iranian prisoners on a quest for justice

This article first appeared on Reel Time with Richard Ades.

Two of the bravest movies I’ve seen in the past couple of years have taken aim at Iranian authoritarianism. In 2024, there was The Seed of the Sacred Fig, followed this year…

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