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FirstEnergy Wants a Bailout for Nuclear and Coal – SAY NO!

On August 31, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) began conducting evidentiary hearings on FirstEnergy’s request for a bailout for their Davis-Besse nuclear power reactor and three Ohio coal plants.


Over 20 protesters were…

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Columbus Day Demonstration at City Hall

   In keeping with a long tradition of protesting the celebration of Columbus Day, dozens of people gathered today, October 12, 2015 by the statue of Christopher Columbus at Columbus City Hall. Signs read "Columbus was a mass murderer…

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Die-in to protest Columbus Day holiday

Beneath the Christopher Columbus statue in the square on Columbus State Community College campus, there was a die-in to call attention to the fact that celebrating Columbus Day is glorifying Christopher Columbus as a hero -- when in fact he was a…

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Death row inmate Keith LaMar speaks on the phone to participants in the Walk to Stop Executions as they prepare to walk the last two miles to the Ohio Statehouse on October 10.

Death Penalty Opponents Walk 83 Miles to the Statehouse

“I really appreciate what you all are doing,” said death row inmate Keith LaMar on Saturday morning from the Ohio State Penitentiary, the supermax prison in Youngstown. “Keep pushing for it!”


LaMar was speaking on the phone to more than 80…

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