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Why the deafening silence on cutting the military budget?

Bernie Sanders' common sense proposals for dealing with universal health care, college tuition, restoring the infrastructure, confronting poverty and more have encountered predictable scorn from "fiscally responsible" corporatists.


They…

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Jesse Owens on a field

Two movie reviews: Ohio State athlete thumbs nose at Hitler in ‘Race’ and Rolling Papers

Speaking to a reporter before a screening of Race at OSU’s Mershon Auditorium, one of Jesse Owens’s daughters said several changes were made to the script for the sake of historical accuracy.


That’s nice to hear. The tale of Owens’s…

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Candles spelling out Marshawn

Rest in Peace Marshawn

A candlelight vigil  honored the life of Marshawn McCarrel, local community leader, drawing friends and fellow activists together in sadness and solidarity. "Many people spoke, sang songs and cried," said Pejmaan Irani who attended the event…

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George and Barbara Bush

New Hampshire: The birthplace of electronic election theft

As the New Hampshire primary lurches toward the finish line, the reality of electronic election theft looms over the vote count. The actual computer voting machines were introduced on a grand scale in New Hampshire’s 1988 primary. The…

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