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Friday, September 13, 2024, 6:00 – 10:00 PM
The Good Market, Franklinton Arts District, 400 W. Rich St., Columbus
As of May 30, 2024, we have moved into our new era: We were Pro-Choice Ohio. We are now Abortion Forward.  It has been our honor to work with you, fighting to protect abortion access in Ohio. It takes all of us to ensure abortion access is a reality in our state. 

Come help us introduce the next chapter of our organization, and the next steps in the fight for abortion access in Ohio at The Good Market in Franklinton!  Not able to table? Come say hi and pick up some new swag and materials anyways – we'd love to see you!

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When my dad moved to southwest Ohio in the early 1970s, the Dayton-Springfield area’s second city was home to over 80,000 people. When I was growing up nearby in the 1990s, it was 70,000. Today, it’s less than 60,000.

Springfield’s decline looks like an awful lot of Rust Belt cities and towns. And behind those numbers is a lot of human suffering.

Corporations engineered trade deals that made it cheaper to move jobs abroad, where they could pay workers less and pollute more with impunity. As the region’s secure blue collar jobs dried up, so did the local tax base — and as union membership dwindled, so did social cohesion.

Young people sought greener pastures elsewhere while those who remained nursed resentments, battled a flood of opioids, and gritted their teeth through empty promises from politicians.

Actor playing Michael Jackson with dancers around on stage

This article first appeard on Reel Time with Richard.

A good fireworks show begins with a “wow” and ends with a “WOW,” filling the space in between with enough peaks to fuel our anticipation. MJ: The Musical, based on the life of Michael Jackson, follows that formula almost exactly.

The action has barely begun when the title character (an amazing Jamaal Fields-Green) launches into an MTV-worthy rendition of the Jackson classic “Whip It.” Then, nearly 2½ hours later, the show is only minutes from its finale when it delivers the song-and-dance number we’ve all been waiting for: “Thriller.”

And by the way: When I say “delivers,” imagine the word being followed by multiple exclamation points. The number is so over-the-top astounding that it alone would nearly justify the original Broadway production’s Tonys for choreography (Christopher Wheeldon, who also directs), lighting design (Natasha Katz) and sound design (Gareth Owen).

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Thursday, September 12, 5:30pm
Mortiz College of Law, Ohio State University, Drinko Hall, 55 W 12th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210
We’re urging everyone to join Moritz Law SJP and SJP at OSU at the Moritz Law School for a protest to continue the fight for Palestine. 
Then, join us at 7 PM for a screening of the film “Concerning Violence” which gives a penetrating look into anti-colonial movements with reference to Frantz Fanon’s classic writings! Meet us in Enarson Classroom Building room 240, or online at tinyurl.com/CORSmeeting

CNN claims Trump told many lies and Harris just one. Yet, CNN did not
mention that Harris repeated that Hamas killed 1200 Israelis on 7 October
and that they raped women. Both not true (see ongaza.org for evidence). Why
do politicians lie? They are bought (see https://www.boughtbyzionism.org/)
or blackmailed to do so. But a new Poll Suggests Gaza Ceasefire and Arms
Embargo Would Help Democrats with Swing State Voters

If nothing else, Donald Trump is forcing mainstream America out of its jailcell of clichés and political correctness – even though his apparent “vision” for America is primarily a dark comedy of lies.

Yeah, I watched the debate. Was the Trump character played by Rodney Dangerfield? Maybe Don Rickles? He could have been. The problem, however, is that there’s nothing funny about racism, which seemed to be the primary core of Trump’s blather.

Did Kamala Harris “win” the debate? Uh . . . this wasn’t a ping-pong game, much as “who won?” seems to be the media focal point. My question is: Did anybody win? Did the whole country lose?

When asked why his latest map has erased the whole of the West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu retorted with the most detestable answer. 

 “I didn’t include the Dead Sea. It’s not shown on the map. I didn’t show the Jordan River. It’s not on this map. I didn’t show the Sea of Galilee,” was Netanyahu's response. 

 The Israeli leader must have known that neither the indigenous population of Palestine, nor the occupied territories of West Bank and East Jerusalem - which are recognized as such under international law - are topographical or geographical phenomena. 

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