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Does Love Trump Hate? Report from the Women’s March on Washington
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The day after inauguration day, on January 21st, over one million people converged on the capitol to make their voices heard at the Women's March on Washington.
I went there to inquire what some of them thought about loving kindness. I suspect that if…
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Work on petition for Columbus Community Bill of Rights is ongoing
Amid the smell of donated bread inside the Clintonville-Beechwold Community Resource Center, I sought advice from fellow canvassers, working on the Columbus Community Bill of Rights, which aims to bring democracy to the decision of whether toxic fracking waste is allowed to be put into areas where…
After the shutdown
The shutdown is has ended. But is the corporate takeover of our political system no longer an issue? During the past couple of years, hundreds of schools have been closed around the country and programs such as Food Stamps are under attack as the budgets of cities, states and the federal government…
“It’s Ok to leave your abuser,” says Green Party VP candidate
The Columbus Free Press hosted a multigenerational gathering of Central Ohio-based activists on Oct 13 where Cheri Honkala said the Democrats have “thrown us down the stairs so many times” that ceasing our support for them is long overdue.
Honkala, who has traveled as an activist with the Poor…