Campaign finance reports filed last Thursday give Ohio one final look at the governor’s race ahead of Election Day. Outside groups like Super PACs will continue reporting independent expenditures with the Federal Election Commission, but Thursday’s report is last window into Ohio campaigns’ direct fundraising and spending. Over the summer, Ohio campaigns report what they […]
Democrats outraised Republicans in five of the six competitive U.S. House races in Ohio as the midterm election season enters its final days. That includes Ohio’s 10th Congressional district, where 12-term Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Turner faces a late surge from Democratic challenger Kristina Knickerbocker for a chance to represent the Dayton area in Congress. […]
When you stand with vile you reveal yourself. A political ad that ran in Ohio last week sparked nationwide revulsion as perhaps the vilest in American history. It is that bad. Republican Vivek Ramaswamy’s morally incomprehensible hit piece against Democrat Dr. Amy Acton in the Ohio race for governor will be studied and deconstructed (in […]
I am among the many Americans who did not vote in our elections at one time. I believe I was wrong not to do so and I will attempt to convince you current non-voters to change your mind. And there are many of you. Even among those registered, ten percent do not cast ballots. In […]
Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
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 […]
We get analysis of the Israeli elections, the upcoming U.S. midterms, the pro-Palestine movement and more from Palestinian American scholar Rashid Khalidi and Pakistani British writer Tariq Ali. They are co-authors of the new book The Neck and the Sword: Palestine’s Unfinished Struggle. The book, an extended conversation between Khalidi and Ali over two years, […]
Political Gridlock in Israel After No Clear Winner Emerges from Tuesday’s National Election, Israeli Troops Violently Disperse Protest in Occupied West Bank, Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Sentenced to Five Years and One Month in Prison, Lina Attalah, Editor of Independent Egyptian Outlet Mada Masr, Released from Police Custody, Ansar Allah Claim Attack on Saudi Arabia’s […]
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 […]
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