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. […]
While most Ohio lawmakers were out campaigning for reelection last month, Ohio state Rep. Sean Brennan, D-Parma, was driving across Poland’s border with Ukraine to deliver a couple dozen ambulances and medical supplies. The trip was part of Ukraine Focus’s 19th mission to Ukraine. The Virginia-based nonprofit sources and delivers ambulances, among other programs to […]
“I felt so empty,” said Dr. George Jaskiw, head of the United Ukrainian Organizations of Ohio, on leaving Ukraine. He had seen a brave and battered ally, horribly betrayed by the world’s leading democracy, remain bonded — still — with most Americans who, like besieged Ukrainians, share a profound affinity to live free. Jaskiw traveled […]
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Ohio voters sharply rejected data centers in this year’s election. Around Ohio, 18 communities voted on whether to curb or ban data center developments. In all 18 communities, voters decided that, yes, that would be a good idea. In most, the results were resounding — like Harlem Globetrotters v. Washington Generals resounding. City leaders in […]
As Democrats swept to historic victories Tuesday, a win in the Ohio Secretary of State race might start the process of rolling back years of Republican restrictions on voting that were predicated on voter fraud that didn’t exist. Allison Russo, a member of the state House of Representatives, defeated Republican Robert Sprague by 3.5 percentage […]
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 […]
The House of Representatives is moving toward a vote this week on whether to impeach Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Outgoing Republican Congressmember Thomas Massie of Kentucky introduced eight articles of impeachment against Hegseth on Monday. They include violating the 1973 War Powers Resolution by continuing to attack Iran after Congress ordered the Trump administration […]
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Pentagon Retreats from Second U.K. Base Due to Alleged Threat from Iran, Trump Raises New Election Conspiracy Theory After Democrats Sweep Midterms, Schumer Faces Pressure to Step Aside as Chris Van Hollen Hints at Run for Senate Majority Leader, Senate Advances Bill […]
Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of Egypt’s leading independent news outlet Mada Masr, faces a criminal trial this week on charges of “spreading false information,” just two weeks after being convicted of operating an unlicensed website and fined more than $50,000. A judge also ordered the publication to be shut down. The cases are part of a […]
The next Congress will include about 100 new lawmakers in the House of Representatives, the largest freshman wave in decades. That also includes six newly elected members of the Democratic Socialists of America, bringing the total number of DSA members in Congress to eight. One of the incoming DSA congressmembers will be California’s Angela Gonzales-Torres, […]
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