Medical debt hit 1 in 4 Americans and 1 in 5 Ohioans last year, a new study shows, including those who have health insurance. A recent study by the Urban Institute, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, showed that more than a quarter of American adults reported medical debt for them or someone in […]
Cincinnati, Ohio-based Kroger has received a $3 million Make America Healthy Again federal grant. Critics say it appears to be a taxpayer gift to market the company and do more customer surveillance. The award was made by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sept. 30. The program is explicitly intended to create […]
With wars and violence erupting in hot spots around the world, Mali is easy to overlook although the West African nation of 26 million has been embroiled non-stop in coups and armed conflicts for more than a decade. Helping Malians has been the focus of an Ohio-based non-profit group, The Tandana Foundation, for all its […]
At a time when the stakes could not be higher, it is essential for Ohio voters to know exactly what the law states about the many threats that are appearing in regard to the federal government interfering in elections which are administered at the state and local level. These threats have been manifesting in regard […]
While it is not surprising that Vivek Ramaswamy and Amy Acton have different views on energy policy for Ohio, what is confusing are the diametrically opposed views that Ramaswamy and his running mate Robert McColley seem to have on the subject. Ramaswamy has called for the rapid expansion of the number of generating plants, gas, […]
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A court in Cairo has ordered the closure of the independent Egyptian news site Mada Masr. The court also ordered the site’s editor-in-chief, Lina Attalah, to be detained until she pays a fine of over $50,000. She was convicted on charges of managing an unlicensed website. Mada Masr is “the flagship independent media outlet in […]
With the U.S. midterm elections just a week away, the affordability crisis — intensified by President Trump’s tariffs and war on Iran — has emerged as a major campaign issue. Across the country, families are struggling to make ends meet, while oil and gas companies have reported record profits during recent periods of price shocks. […]
A competitive Senate race has gripped the once reliably Republican state of Alaska. If Democratic challenger Mary Peltola wins the election against incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan, it could tip the balance of power in Washington. Attorneys for Peltola and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee have submitted a motion to dismiss a Department of Justice […]
Netanyahu Battles to Hold Power as Israel Holds First Election in Four Years, U.N. Commission of Inquiry Finds Israel Committed Genocide in Gaza, War Crimes in West Bank, Humanitarian Crisis Grows as Houthis Lay Siege to Yemen’s Third-Largest City, Seven Are Killed as Jordan Bombs Syria Following Deadly Church Attack , Health Worker Killed in DRC […]
Israeli parliamentary elections are being held on Tuesday, the first since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack and Israel’s subsequent assault on Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is currently embroiled in a corruption scandal in Israel, is up for reelection. On Friday, after two Israeli soldiers were killed at a checkpoint near Hebron, just […]
Serbia’s longtime leader Aleksander Vučić has been swept out of power by a historic student-led opposition movement against Vučić’s right-wing Serbian Progressive Party. Candidates from the Student List, who are not students themselves but largely first-time politicians selected by student-led popular assemblies, won a majority of seats in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, marking a seismic shift […]
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