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Oil & Gas Industry Push Poll Aims to Manipulate Youngstown Ohio Voters

Over the last five years, the Youngstown, Ohio region has suffered over 700 man-made earthquakes, an illegal dumping of fracking waste into our river, accidental spills that destroyed private ponds and a small wetland, the trucking of radioactive…

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Husted’s voter suppression practices purged by the Court


Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted was foiled from his strategy of mass purging minority, young and mostly Democratic voters. A 2-1 ruling by the 6th Circuit Court…

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Concert Review – Ages and Ages

Prejudice and bigotry are grievous personality flaws, but I must admit that I applied both to Ages and Ages prior to seeing them live on September 18th. Over the years I’ve made something of a cottage industry of sneering at hipsters, musically…

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Activists take it to the Mayor's house

On Thursday, September 30, a group of Black Lives Matter activitsts took a knee for Ty're at North Broadway and High Street in Clintonville, then silently marched up North Broadway to Mayor AndrewGinther's home. The group of around 40 people…

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