Victories in Ohio for President Donald Trump since 2016 have led many analysts to declare Ohio a red state. Victories for Republicans at all levels have made experts question why Ohio is no longer a battleground state. After a decade of declarations that Ohio is now a red state, this midterm cycle has made some […]
Ohio has no substantial artificial intelligence regulations, but lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are trying to change that before their December deadline. One Republican leader is blocking them, saying none are ready for a vote. As AI chatbots become more mainstream, wrongful death lawsuits have started popping up across the country. The victims […]
Advocates are calling on lawmakers to pass a bill that would ban child marriage in Ohio. The bill was not on Tuesday’s Senate agenda, even though the Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed Ohio Senate Bill 341 in June just before the lawmakers went on break. “I have no idea why it wasn’t on,” said […]
With a big Democratic majority about to take control of Congress — and amid calls to “break up big medicine” — healthcare giant CVS last week announced that it was splitting itself up. The announcement follows a controversial history of CVS activity in Ohio. The company said the resulting two companies — CVS Health and […]
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As part of Tuesday’s blue tsunami, Democrat John Kulewicz was elected to be Ohio’s next attorney general. He says he plans to make a priority of issues that affect the livelihood of Ohioans, many of whom are struggling. As the state’s lawyer and its top law enforcement officer, the Ohio attorney general has sweeping powers. […]
We speak with Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak, filmmakers and subjects of the new documentary Birds of War, which tells their epic love story through years of upheaval in the Middle East. Boulos, a London-based Lebanese journalist working for the BBC, and Habak, a Syrian activist and cameraman, first connected while covering the Syrian […]
Voters in Providence, Rhode Island, approved a ballot measure last week that could result in the city divesting from Israel. The successful grassroots campaign makes Providence the first U.S. city to pass a binding divestment measure through a popular vote. The measure instructs the city to divest from countries and companies implicated in “ethnic cleansing, […]
We speak with historian Kai Bird about American Scoundrel, a new biography of the notorious political fixer Roy Cohn, who rose to fame as chief counsel to Joe McCarthy during the senator’s anti-communist campaign, served as a lawyer for the New York mob, and was an influential voice in Republican circles until his death from […]
House GOP Blocks Impeachment Charges Against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Sanders Says He Will Not Back Schumer for Senate Majority Leader, Rep. Jordan Elected as House GOP Leader as Senator Thune Reelected as Senate Republican Leader, Trump’s Former Lawyer Alina Habba Mildon Fired by Concord Partners, U.S. Gov’t Received Over $12 Billion in Revenue from […]
Progressive candidate Will Lawrence of Michigan has defeated Republican incumbent Tom Barrett, flipping the state’s 7th Congressional District, a closely watched swing district that includes Lansing. Lawrence, the co-founder of the youth-led climate organization Sunrise Movement, refused corporate PAC money, instead building a people-powered grassroots mobilization campaign. He focused on lowering the costs of housing […]
The prominent journalist Abed Abu Shehadeh, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, has been released from Israeli custody after five days in detention. He was arrested on Wednesday by armed police and Shin Bet agents who conducted a nighttime raid on his home in the Israeli city of Jaffa. Abu Shehadeh’s detention was related to his […]
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