As leaders of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys are convicted of seditious conspiracy for their
roles in the failed Jan. 6 insurrection, LA Opera revives the production about the most malicious
traitor in the entire history of the stage and screen. Sure, Judas betrayed Jesus in The New
Testament and Jesus Christ Superstar, and Major General Benedict Arnold attempted to double-
cross George Washington (and the cause of American liberty) by plotting to turn West Point over
to the British, who he went on to fight for as a counterrevolutionary brigadier general.
But William Shakespeare’s conniving Iago (played to the hilt by Moscow tenor Igor
Golovatanko in Giuseppe Verdi’s operatic adaptation of the Bard’s tragedy) is in a class by
himself when it comes to treachery. For not only does he stab Otello (Miami tenor Russell
Thomas) in the back, he conspires and painstakingly manipulates Otello to be the unwitting
author of the Moor’s downfall, which is carefully choreographed by the scheming Iago every
step of the way. In this specific sense, Iago is more than a mere traitor, he is the puppeteer who

Tuesday, May 30, 6pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

FirstEnergy wasn’t the only Ohio utility company involved in the H.B. 6 bill and the subsequent $65-million-dollar scandal. Join Common Cause Ohio for a virtual forum on the role that American Electric Power (AEP) played and continues to play in Ohio’s largest corruption scandal.

Moderated by award-winning Ohio Statehouse journalist Morgan Trau, we will hear from Energy and Policy Institute’s policy researcher and writer Dave Anderson, and Kathiann Kowalski, reporter for Energy News Network and Eye on Ohio, both of whom have closely followed AEP’s involvement. They will discuss the role of dark money, the corruption it breeds, and how the company is still benefiting from H.B. 6.

This program is co-sponsored by Ohio Fair Courts Alliance, Energy and Policy Institute, and Sierra Club.

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From Equality Ohio:
In addition to their continued attacks against democracy, Ohio Republicans are also hard at work stripping away rights and life-saving care from trans Ohioans.  

Their latest anti-trans bill, House Bill 68, would block access to critical lifesaving health services and gender-affirming for trans Ohioans.  House Bill 68 would also prohibit physicians from prescribing cross-sex hormones or puberty blockers, and from performing any type of gender-affirming surgery on minors. Additionally, the bill would outlaw conduct that “aids and abets,” prohibiting healthcare providers from helping their minor patients receive gender-affirming care in other states.  

ust like we've seen with reproductive healthcare, Statehouse Republicans continue to assert that they should have control over the decisions made between a patient, their loved ones, and their medical provider, regardless of facts or the harm it will cause.