Free Press is committed to documenting the people taken by ICE

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested, detained, deported, and/or imprisoned many people that it has unilaterally determined to be undesirables.  At first, they claimed they would deport only criminals, but it has already gone beyond that.  We at the Free Press consider every person who has been sent to the Tecoluca (El Salvador prison), Guantanamo naval base, or detained in other prisons throughout the country to be innocent until proven guilty. We will include students who have been expelled for protesting genocide.  It appears the government will revoke Visa's to get rid of undesirable students.  This article will be updated as long as is necessary.

Familiar tale gracefully blends feminism and fantasy

Feminism has a crucial role to play in modern life, but I sometimes wish it would leave our fairy tales alone. The results of its revisionist meddling are too often unconvincing and unsatisfying.

Remember last year’s Maleficent? It turned an age-old story on its head by revealing that the fairy (Angelina Jolie) who turned a princess into a “Sleeping Beauty” was not evil at all. No, she was merely wronged and misunderstood. Worst of all, we learned that the somnambulant princess could not be awakened by a kiss from the handsome prince, but only by a motherly peck from that same fairy.

How heartwarming. And how utterly unromantic.

Thank goodness Disney’s new live-action version of Cinderella doesn’t wear its feminism on its sleeve. It has nods to modern sensibilities, to be sure, but they’re handled with a lighter touch.

Simply Living Hosts Regenerative Farm Tour Restoring 130-Year-Old Ecosystem

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What if a farm could go back in time?

Simply Living invites the public to a guided regenerative farm tour on Sunday, July 20, at the farm of Kevin Eigel and Marsha Miller, just outside of Columbus. This immersive experience offers a rare opportunity to witness more than 20 years of ecological restoration on a farm that’s being returned to the ecosystem that existed before it was first cultivated over 130 years ago.

Visitors will walk the land, observe restored native habitats, and learn how regenerative agriculture and ecological restoration practices can work together to heal soil, support biodiversity, and create resilient landscapes.

Event Details

What: Regenerative Farm Tour with Kevin Eigel & Marsha Miller

When: Sunday, July 20, 2025 - 10:00 am-11:30 am

Where: Location shared with ticket purchase

Hosted by: Simply Living

How Covering Dodger Stadium with Solar Panels Can Help Save Los Angeles and the World

Los Angeles is set to host the 2028 Olympic Games, with Dodger Stadium in Chavez Ravine serving as the venue for Olympic baseball. Transforming this iconic ballpark into a fully green-powered facility—and turning its vast parking lots into sources of clean energy—could position LA as a global showcase for a Solartopian future. 

It would hugely further the massive green energy conversion that’ll define human survival. 

AND…it’ll lower both the very high electric rates and soaring temperatures that threaten our city.

Here’s the bottom line: with currently available technology, solarizing Dodger Stadium could be done within three years, as canopy costs drop and electric rates rise. 

Available battery back-ups can keep the park lit for night games. AND help meet the city’s prime time power needs. 

Solar canopy technology is now widely used in both urban and agricultural settings (where it’s known as “agri-voltaic”) .

Numerous parking lots throughout the world are now being covered.

Don't Stop Believing

Fragmenting a Nation: Israel's Enduring Pursuit of Palestinian Disunity

Israel is aggressively implementing plans to shape Palestine's future and the broader region, sculpting its vision for the 'day after' its genocide in Gaza.

 The latest, bizarre iteration of this strategy proposes fragmenting the occupied West Bank into so-called 'emirates,' starting with the 'emirate of Hebron.'

 This unexpected twist in Israel's protracted search for alternative Palestinian leadership first surfaced in the staunchly pro-Israeli US newspaper, the Wall Street Journal. It then quickly dominated all Israeli media.

Greep Zoom 230, From Jeffrey Epstein to Bob Fitrakis & A Green-Powered Dodger Stadium

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We open GREEP Zoom #230 with another wonderful poem from our Poet Laureate MIMI GERMAN.

Waldport, Oregon Mayor HEIDE LAMPERT then fills us in with the latest on the fascist assault on democracy itself.

Monumental, we honor the legendary DR. BOB FITRAKIS, who broke the ORIGINAL stories about Jeffrey Epstein.

In his presence, we take a deep dive into the miasma that is the Epstein hurricane.

Radio hero LYNN FEINERMAN explores some of the conspiratorial aspects of Epstein’s alleged Mossad contacts.

KPFK board member MYLA RESON connects Epstein with former Governor Bill Richardson….and worse.

Questions about MAGA’s mysterious revulsion to the Epstein nightmare are raised by DONALD SMITH.

Likewise co-convenor MIKE HERSH wonders about why Trump’s ties to Epstein are coming to anyone as a “surprise."

Longtime GREEP supporter John Steiner asks "how we can get more of this investigation out where it needs to go?”

Indeed, how does this Epstein affair turn into Trump’s downfall asks MURTAZA MOGRI.

Report on 7-15-2025 panel discussion on qualified immunity

People sitting around a table

Four presenters spoke about qualified immunity and the ballot initiative to overturn qualified immunity during the weekly “Current Events” discussion group that had been held July 15, 2025 at the recently-opened Bob Crane Community Center in Upper Arlington.

Qualified immunity is a legal concept that protects government officials, for example, police officers and others, from civil liability for violating a person’s civil rights in most situations when they are acting in their professional capacity.

One speaker, Cynthia Brown, is the 2023 Free Press Libby Award winner for Community Activism. Cynthia’s passion to change the system has grown since her nephew Kareem Ali Nadir Jones was shot and killed by Columbus police in 2017. He was harassed for no good reason and ordered to get on the ground. He was then tragically shot in the face, neck, and in the back while on the ground by two white officers. Both are still with the Division.

Good Trouble-Ohio Statehouse Protest

Good Trouble John Lewis

Thursday, July 17 - 6pm
Ohio Statehouse, Broad Street and High Street

July 17 is the 5th anniversary of the passing of Congressman John Lewis. The Good Trouble Lives On events nationwide are in his honor. Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lies with the people.

From voter suppression bills like the SAVE Act to the criminalization of protest, the Trump administration is launching a full-scale attack on our civil and human rights. But we know the truth: in America, the power lies with the people, and we’re rising to prove it.

This is more than a protest; it’s a moral reckoning. A continuation of the movement Lewis helped lead, and a new front in the struggle for freedom.

Please note: A core principle behind our Good Trouble Lives On actions is a commitment to nonviolence in all we do. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.

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