Republican candidate for governor Vivek Ramaswamy touted his plans to cut taxes without, he says, sacrificing on schools and local services, during an appearance in Columbus on Wednesday. He promised to respect the Second Amendment “to the fullest extent” and advance “medical freedom. Ramaswamy also said he plans to resume death penalty executions. Ramaswamy spoke […]
Last week, Ohioans began casting ballots in this November’s midterm election. Voters will choose a brand-new slate of state-level leaders from governor to treasurer, a U.S. Senator, and representatives for Congress and the Ohio General Assembly. With three weeks until election day, there’s still a lot of voting to come. So far, data from the […]
Cleveland State University will be offering free tuition for qualified first-year students starting next year. Cleveland State University Board of Trustees recently approved the Cleveland State Commitment, which is for incoming first-year students with at least a 3.0 GPA who are Ohio residents whose families have an adjusted gross income of $125,000 or less. Qualifying […]
Do you celebrate an arsonist who brings a cup of water to a fire they started? Is the president a hero for cutting small, health care relief checks to people struggling under his destructive policies that include the largest rollback of federal support for health care in American history? Will Ohioans being wiped out by […]
In 1836, Cincinnati’s small Jewish community dedicated a synagogue. It was reported to be the first building erected as a synagogue in the western United States. The congregation behind it, B’nai Israel, had been organized twelve years earlier. When it received a charter from Ohio in 1830, it counted 32 adult men and 20 adult […]
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We speak with tech journalist Paris Marx about his new book, Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires. In the book, Marx exposes the deceptive ways tech companies are taking resources from vulnerable communities in order to build massive AI data centers. “We have seen the tech companies that, back in 2019, […]
The energy needs of the AI boom and the construction of massive data centers in states across the country have created a backlash from both Democratic and Republican voters. The battle against data centers is at the heart of a campaign in Tennessee: Democratic state Representative Justin J. Pearson is opposed to the Colossus data […]
The Trump administration on Friday placed sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court that target the institution as a whole. This comes on top of earlier sanctions against individual ICC judges and personnel. The administration has been escalating attacks on the ICC since the court issued arrest warrants in 2024 for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
WFP Warns Growing Conflict in Yemen Has Cut Off Aid Deliveries to 800,000 People, Two Cargo Ships Sunk Near Strait of Hormuz as Iran Steps Up Attacks, Ukraine Resumes Strikes on Russian Energy Sites as Zelensky Says He Feels “Betrayed” by Trump, Seven Sailors Are Missing Off Romania’s Coast After Suspected Drone Attack in Black […]
Israeli forces have raided what they say are the offices of several Palestinian NGOs in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian officials say a child was injured from Israeli gunfire, while others suffered from tear gas inhalation. At least one journalist was reportedly detained in the raids, which come four years after the forced closure of […]
On Monday, federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security raided the Washington, D.C., home of Congressmember Ilhan Omar. Omar has faced years of racist targeting from President Trump over her ethnicity and immigrant background. She immigrated to the United States as a refugee from Somalia when she was a child. Omar is the first […]
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