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11/01/2025

Join us tonight on Zoom for the first salon in 2025!

Saturday, January 11 from 7-8pmOn Zoom to discuss:Organizing for the challenges of 2025From despair to active resistance! - Housing First!Speakers on local social justice issues including housing.Kate Curry-Da-Souza, former longtime Near East Area Commissioner and Columbus City Council District #7 c...

10/01/2025

KILLING OUR OWN
The Disaster of America's Experience
with Atomic Radiation
https://ratical.org/radiation/KillingOurOwn/
Permission to distribute this book is freely given
so long as no modification of the text is made.

The following is a complete on-line reproduction of the text of this book, and is reprinted here with permission of the authors, Harvey Wasserman and Norman Solomon who own the rights to this book.

10/01/2025

Headlines
Jan 10, 2025

Death Toll in Los Angeles Wildfires Reaches 10 as Largest Blazes Remain Uncontained
Jan 10, 2025

As Historic Fires Tear Through L.A., Scientists Confirm 2024 Was Hottest Year Ever Recorded
Jan 10, 2025

The Lancet Says Gaza Genocide Death Toll Likely 40% Higher Than Official Estimates
Jan 10, 2025

House Votes to Sanction International Criminal Court over Arrest Warrants for Israeli Leaders
Jan 10, 2025

NYU Suspends 11 Students over Peaceful Antiwar Protest
Jan 10, 2025

“We Are Documenting Our Genocide”: Gaza Journalists Demand Int’l Media Defend Palestinian Colleagues
Jan 10, 2025

NYT “Chooses Silence Over Accountability” as It Refuses to Run Quaker Ad Condemning Gaza Genocide
Jan 10, 2025

Jimmy Carter Buried in Georgia After State Funeral at Washington National Cathedral
Jan 10, 2025

M23 Rebels Seize Town in Eastern DRC, Advance on Goma
Jan 10, 2025

Elon Musk Accused of Election Meddling over Interview with German Far-Right Leader
Jan 10, 2025

Supreme Court Denies Trump’s Request to Halt Sentencing in Hush Money Case
Jan 10, 2025

Federal Judge Rejects Biden’s Expansion of Title IX to Include LGBTQ+ Students

A daily independent global news hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González. Climate Scientist Peter Kalmus Fled L.A. Fearing Wildfires. His Old Neighborhood Is Now a Hellscape; “Sabotaged by His Own Democratic Party”: Ralph Nader on Jimmy Carter’s Legacy; Camp David’s Failures: Why Jimmy Carter....

10/01/2025

https://columbusfreepress.com/article/kick-2025-protecting-ohio%E2%80%99s-youth

In the final hours of last year’s legislative session, Ohio’s legislature passed HB 8—a dangerous bill modeled after Florida’s harmful “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” law. This legislation forces schools to notify parents or caregivers if a student requests to use a different name or pronouns...

09/01/2025

09/01/2025

Possibly the most important reason why Harris lost was that there might not have been a way for her to win on her own. I believe there is a segment of the population who just will not vote for a female candidate for president no matter how good she or how bad her male opponent might be. No one will admit they did not vote for Harris because of her gender, but that may have been a factor.

Is there any way Kamala Harris could have won the 2024 election? Certainly. If a series of circumstances beyond her control had occurred, she might have become president. If Biden had died in February 2021, she would have served out most of his term. If Biden had died in October 2024, the outpouring...

09/01/2025

The passage of the Paystub Protect Act will provide workers with better access to their records of payment, making it much easier to prove if they have experienced wage theft. Wage Theft is the most common form of theft in the United States and can happen by not paying employees for the hours worked, not meeting minimum wage requirements, or not compensating for overtime, amongst other ways.

Wednesday, January 8, Governor DeWine officially signed the Paystub Protection Act, with Central Ohio Worker Center (COWC) and Policy Matters Ohio staff by his side. In this important move, Ohio now joins 41 other states in requiring employers to provide earnings and deductions statements to each of...

09/01/2025

Headlines
Jan 09, 2025

L.A. Wildfires Kill 5; Officials Order 130,000 Residents to Evacuate as Angelenos Brace for More Blazes
Jan 09, 2025

Israel Kills 70 Palestinians in Gaza; 15 Incubated Newborns Could Die Unless Hospital Receives Fuel
Jan 09, 2025

“Let’s Call It Mexican America”: Pres. Sheinbaum Fires Back After Trump’s “Gulf of America” Remark
Jan 09, 2025

DOJ Plans to Release Findings on Trump’s 2020 Election Subversion Efforts, But Not on Classified Docs
Jan 09, 2025

Russian Attack Kills 13 in Zaporizhzhia; Biden Admin Sends Final $500M to Ukraine
Jan 09, 2025

Chad Says It Fended Off Armed Attack on Presidential Residence
Jan 09, 2025

Lebanon Elects Joseph Aoun as President After 2-Year Vacuum
Jan 09, 2025

Italian Journalist Cecilia Sala Released from Iranian Imprisonment
Jan 09, 2025

Longshoremen Reach Tentative Deal, Averting Major Ports Strike
Jan 09, 2025

SEIU Rejoins AFL-CIO, Expanding Umbrella Labor Group to 15 Million Workers
Jan 09, 2025

North Carolina’s GOP Justices Block Certification of Democratic Justice Who Won Nov. Election
Jan 09, 2025

Advocates Demand New York Lawmakers Protect Immigrants Ahead of Trump’s Inauguration
Jan 09, 2025

Washington National Cathedral to Host State Funeral for President Jimmy Carter

A daily independent global news hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González. Zuckerberg Goes “Full MAGA” as Meta Ends Fact-Checking in U.S. & Paves Way for More Hate Speech; L.A. Fires Should Be a Climate Wake-Up Call: 5 Dead, 130K+ Evacuated in Uncontained Apocalypse

09/01/2025

https://columbusfreepress.com/article/come-talk-about-labor-movement-ohio

Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 6pm A presentation and discussion on unions and the state of the labor movement in Ohio.Join us in person at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church (30 W Woodruff Ave, Columbus, OH 43210) or online at tinyurl.com/CORSmeeting.

08/01/2025

Clay Jones Zuck doesn't care much for Clay or the likes of the Free Press. We are dealing with this BS as of today!

08/01/2025

https://freepress.org/article/we-honor-leonard-peltier-his-fellow-prisoners-trump-certified-we-evaluate-his-nominees

TATANKA BRICCA discusses the chances that Joe Biden will save the life of Leonard Peltier, who’ll be released before 1/20 or die.A minor correction comes from MYLA RESON…and still more from MIKE HERSH.Young Progressive Democrats of America is represented by HARTZELL GRAY, who inspires our moveme...

08/01/2025

Despite lawsuits about past immigrant abuse, Trump’s deportation plans will make money for struggling small town jails, and no surprise is how anti-immigrant blowhard and Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones wants back in on this racket.

Ohio’s Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones wants to restart his ICE contract during the second Trump presidency. However, Butler County Jail officers abused immigrants and violated the jail’s contract with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) repeatedly during the first Trump administrat...

08/01/2025

Headlines
Jan 08, 2025

Israeli Attacks on Gaza Kill 51, Including Five Children, in Israeli-Designated “Safe Zone”
Jan 08, 2025

Far-Right Israeli Minister Calls for Destruction of West Bank Cities
Jan 08, 2025

Ireland Joins South Africa’s Genocide Case Against Israel at International Court of Justice
Jan 08, 2025

U.S. Concludes Sudanese Paramilitary Group Has Committed Genocide
Jan 08, 2025

Trump Threatens Military Action to Seize Greenland, Panama Canal; Says Canada Should Join U.S.
Jan 08, 2025

Pope Names Trump Critic and Immigrant Rights Defender as Archbishop of Washington, D.C.
Jan 08, 2025

Congress Approves Bill to Deport Immigrants Charged with Minor Crimes
Jan 08, 2025

L.A. Orders Mass Evacuations as Fast-Moving Wildfires Threaten Homes and Lives
Jan 08, 2025

Meta to End Fact-Checking on Facebook, Instagram and Threads
Jan 08, 2025

Washington Post Lays Off 4% of Workforce Following Reader Exodus over Harris Non-Endorsement
Jan 08, 2025

New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Rule Wipes Medical Debt from Credit Reports
Jan 08, 2025

Jimmy Carter Lies in State at U.S. Capitol Ahead of State Funeral

A daily independent global news hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González. “Outrageous”: Rep. Jim McGovern Slams Trump’s Rhetoric on Taking Panama, Greenland & Canada; Will Biden Exonerate Ethel Rosenberg Posthumously? Declassified Docs Show FBI Knew She Was Innocent; Will Biden Pardon Steven Don...

07/01/2025

Blinken has now backed himself into a corner. If he is going to oppose both sides of every war that slaughters civilians, he’s going to have to join us war abolitionists. And we will welcome him with open arms, as soon as he makes amends for his crimes and frees himself from all the conflicts of interest that surround revolving-door masters of war.

This article first appeard on World Beyond WarThe U.S. Secretary of State has taken a break from demanding more weapons shipments to fuel the genocide in Palestine, to announce that he has “recognized” a genocide in Sudan.Blinken says he has based his determination on the horrific killing of civ...

07/01/2025

Environmental groups approved of the bipartisan decision, which would protect marine wildlife and coastal communities from future oil spills. Calling it an “epic ocean victory!” Joseph Gordon, conservation nonprofit Oceana’s campaign director for climate and energy, joined other environmental groups in praising the action, reported The Guardian.

President Biden plans to ban offshore oil and gas development across 625 million acres of waters in the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico.

07/01/2025

A 2023 analysis by the Sierra Club looked at coal-plant emissions and weather patterns. It concluded that because it sends a plume of toxins over populous areas in the eastern United States, the Gavin plant is the deadliest in the country, killing an estimated 244 people a year.

This article first appeared on Ohio Capital JournalEnvironmental activists have been pressing the company buying an Ohio coal plant said to be the nation’s deadliest to retire the facility. But that seems unlikely, given statements it made in a regulatory filing that it provided to the Ohio Capita...

07/01/2025

https://columbusfreepress.com/article/buckeye-environmental-network-and-concerned-community-members-hold-press-conference-and

Tuesday, January 7th at 6:00pmBuckeye Environmental Network will be holding an informational webinar for the community and media to learn more about the ARCH2 project and its implications. Presenters include: eastern Ohio-based environmental scientist and retired chemistry teacher Dr.

07/01/2025

Headlines
JAN 07, 2025

U.N.’s Humanitarian Efforts in Gaza Hit “Breaking Point” Amid Israeli Attacks on Aid Workers
JAN 07, 2025

Canada’s Justin Trudeau Resigns as Liberal Party Leader and Prime Minister
JAN 07, 2025

Vice President Kamala Harris Certifies Donald Trump’s 2024 Election Victory
JAN 07, 2025

Trump Seeks to Block Release of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Findings
JAN 07, 2025

Rudy Giuliani Found in Contempt of Court in Georgia Election Workers’ Defamation Case
JAN 07, 2025

Biden Bans New Offshore Oil Drilling Along Most of U.S. Coastline
JAN 07, 2025

U.S. Transfers 11 Yemeni Prisoners from Guantánamo to Oman; 15 Prisoners Remain
JAN 07, 2025

Pentagon Reaches Historic Settlement with LGBTQ+ Vets Dismissed Under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
JAN 07, 2025

Minneapolis City Council Approves Consent Decree Mandating Federal Oversight of Police
JAN 07, 2025

At Least 95 Die as Magnitude 7.1 Earthquake Strikes Tibet
Jan 07, 2025

Austrian Far-Right Party Tasked With Forming Ruling Coalition
Jan 07, 2025

French Neo-Nazi Leader Jean-Marie Le Pen Dies at 96

A daily independent global news hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González. The Militia and the Mole: Reporter Josh Kaplan on How a Freelance Vigilante Infiltrated U.S. Militias; “Requiem for a Refugee Camp”: Mosab Abu Toha on Destruction of Jabaliya, Abduction of Doctors & More; Jimmy Carter’s .....