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How Lady Buggs Farm Is Bringing Healthy Food and a New Urban Landscape to the Rust Belt
“This is my hood, and this is where I grow,” says Sophia Buggs of her thriving Ohio farm.
Ohio Residents Clash With State and County Government in Fight to Ban Fracking Via the Ballot
For years, local Ohioans have been told by courts and elected officials that they have no control over fracking.
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Climate Politics Heat Up Ohio’s Role as an Electoral Battleground
Contrasts on climate policy could affect whether Democrats or Republicans win the state's 18 votes in the Electoral College.
Fighting for Seats at the Table: A Poor People’s Movement in a Rustbelt Town
The Newark Think Tank on Poverty is recreating democracy to help the poor take charge of their lives.
Pastor on Tamir Rice Shooting: Ohio Is an Open-Carry State Except if You’re an African-American Male
Rev. Dr. Jawanza Karriem Colvin, the pastor of the Olivet Institutional Baptist Church, speaks about city officials and activists responded to the killing.
Document Dump: Lawsuit Reveals Extent of DuPont’s C8 Cover-Up
The case alleges that DuPont officials were intimately aware of the dangerous side effects of C-8 exposure but still decided to allow exposure among workers.
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Doing Harm: Medical Professionals and the Death Penalty
By participating in lethal injection executions, directly or not, are medical practitioners violating professional ethics?
“GOP – Get Out of My Panties”: Former Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner on Gov. Kasich’s Anti-Choice Record
Ohio Gov. John Kasich Sunday signed a bill that strips funding from Planned Parenthood in the state.
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Residents of Ohio Town See “Environmental Justice” as Empty Promise
People in East Liverpool who have fought a hazardous-waste incinerator say an executive order 21 years ago meant nothing.
Local Ohio Officials Petition Governor to Return Right to Regulate Fracking
Local Ohio authorities appeal to governor to re-establish their right to regulate and ban fracking.