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Curtain will rise on Columbus production of ‘Fat Ham,’ despite grant freeze under Trump’s new directives

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This article first appeard on the Buckeye Flame

At the Contemporary Theatre of Ohio in downtown Columbus, a busy cast and crew are preparing to open the 2022 Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Fat Ham.”

Early this year, the theater was awarded a $10,000 grant by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to produce James Ijames’ overtly Black and queer adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.”

A Single Trumputin Drone Can Turn the “Peaceful Atom” Into World War 3

Vladimir Putin right now has in his sights nearly 300 pre-deployed atomic weapons set to easily launch a radioactive apocalypse with a single drone strike.

He may already have crashed an early warning into the sarcophagus at Chernobyl.

And taken as a whole, the “Peaceful Atom” lends a terrifying reality to Donald Trump’s Oval Office threat of an impending World War 3.

Some 180 operational “Peaceful Atom” reactors now operate throughout Europe. There are 93 more in the US, 19 in Canada, two in Mexico.

Putin, or anyone else of his ilk, would need precisely one technician with one weaponized drone to turn any “peaceful” nuke into a radioactive apocalypse.

When Donald Trump brought Ukraine’s Volodymir Zelensky into the Oval Office to accuse him of flirting with “World War 3,” atomic reactors were among the specifics he failed to cite.

On March 4th in Columbus you can help bring more clean energy to central Ohio

Solar panel on field with sheep grazing around

At the start of March, the Ohio Power Siting Board – which is the government body responsible for approving or denying the project – is holding a final hearing in Columbus for Eastern Cottontail Solar.   

The Eastern Cottontail Solar Project is a proposed up to 220-megawatt (AC) solar powered electric generating facility on approximately up to 1,550 acres of privately owned land in Fairfield County, Ohio. Located within Walnut Township, the purpose of this Project will be to generate and deliver electricity to the bulk transmission system. The Eastern Cottontail Solar Project would include various equipment, including, without limitation, solar panels, inverters, and a project substation, all of sufficient size and capacity to achieve up to the proposed nameplate capacity set forth above.

It will be extremely important for the room to be filled with solar supporters. Please consider attending. There won’t be testimony from community members, as this is a legal proceeding where the public can observe. As such, all we’re asking for is your presence – and to wear green – to show your support!  

Here are the details:  

"We Rise": Ohio State Students Fight Back as University Dismantles DEI Offices

Students sitting in

The tension in the room was palpable. A majority-minority crowd of Ohio State students, faculty, and staff packed the meeting space, faces tight with frustration, hands ready to clap in defiance. As President Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. confirmed the news—the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) and the Center for Belonging and Social Change (CBSC) were being shut down—the response was immediate.

Students jeered. Faculty members sharpened their words like weapons. The air crackled with a mixture of anger, disbelief, and determination.

Carter attempted to soften the blow, offering reassurances that Ohio State was still a place for all. The room erupted into laughter. The Students and Faculty knew exactly what was happening: a university caving under pressure, preemptively complying with laws that weren’t even in effect yet.

The meeting, which was intended to be a structured update, quickly became a battleground; and when Carter tried to shut it down early, the students and faculty refused to let it go.

Ohioans Need Fully Funded Public Schools

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Ohio House Committees are currently hearing public testimony on HB 96, the budget bill for Fiscal Year 2026-2027. This state operating budget bill will determine if the third phase of the Fair School Funding plan is adopted. Implementation of the third phase of the bipartisan Fair School Funding Plan is essential to ensure our schools, children, and families receive the constitutional funding they deserve. Urgent action is needed to fully fund our schools. Submit written or in-person testimony; make calls; send emails.

 

Submit written or in-person testimony

Kickin' It With Fascism

ICE jail set to soar in Ohio

Immigrant kids saying we keep us safe

Did you know ICE puts Ohioans in jail who haven’t even been charged with crimes?

You guessed right. It's about money for the jailers, not what's best for our communities.

The people we're talking about are Ohioans who have cases in immigration court, or who are eligible for deportation — a civil matter. Said Lynn Tramonte, Executive Director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance, "Incarceration is an extreme action. It's separation from your family, your job, your home. The loss of liberty. It's isolating; it makes people sick; and it's terrifying. If it seems patently inhumane to put people navigating a civil process in a criminal jail, that's because it is."

Letter to Editor: Trump's Disgraceful Treatment of Zelenskyy 

President Zelenskyy

I think that no head of state visiting the White House ever got treated as badly as Ukrainian president Zelenskyy did recently. Trump and VP Vance attacked and insulted him mercilessly. They acted more like gangsters "making someone a deal he couldn't refuse" rather then acting with diplomacy and respect. They needlessly sabotaged the meeting and did everything they could to blame others for their own ignorance and incompetence. They wanted Zelenskyy to sign an agreement he would never approve.

Keep in mind that English was not Zelenskyy's first language and I'm sure he was unprepared for the level of contempt and betrayal he received from America's misleaders.

Trump and Vance have spread numerous lies about the issue. They blamed Zelenskyy for starting the war! They even blamed our European allies and Biden for causing the conflict.  

They did not blame who is truly responsible - Vladimir Putin. Instead, they called Zelenskyy a dictator for trying to save his country from Russian aggression.  

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