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“Enough is so vast a sweetness, I suppose it never occurs, only pathetic counterfeits,” Emily Dickinson sighed in one of her love letters to Susan an epoch before Kurt Vonnegut, in a sh…

1. You take Mary out for a nice drive. Disaster ensues. 2. Bit by bit, this town is killing you. 3. Two remorseless killers careen across a deser...

Cooler, clearer nights offer excellent views of the Harvest Moon, bright planets and seasonal constellations.

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On saying goodbye.

Donald Trump lost the 2020 Election. It's a very simple, straightforward fact of history. But Ohio Republican politicians can never say this. Instead, they’ve been relentlessly attacking Ohio voters f...

Thanks to the Supreme Court

Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility

Making a clean break with the technofascist economy.

An Ohio voting-rights group says it did nothing to justify FBI searches earlier this month. The FBI continues not to say anything.

A week after the Trump FBI searched the Cleveland offices of a voting-rights group, no reasons have been given.

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A board member for the group says the FBI came to the organization's Cleveland office Thursday.

The kind of person who wants to be a trillionaire is exactly who should never be one. A warning to our neighbors.

America’s culture of cruelty and those who dare to notice.

Ohio taxpayers are sending $2.5 billion to private and religious schools. Even if you agree with this, don’t taxpayers deserve transparency and accountability? A group of bipartisan lawmakers thinks s...

History will recognize this generation of America as the one that rolled back the Civil Rights era. Our time will be known to posterity as a generation that did not plant trees of liberty and justice ...

“Huck shows great disrespect for the Court’s precedent in Dred Scott when aiding the fugitive Jim, presumably due to liberal indoctrination by the Widow Doug...

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Reflections on the White House Correspondents Dinner

On the already-fading meanings of Cole Allen, man, meme, prop, and spectacle

How did we get here? How do we get out? Take a dive into the archive!

Private letters reveal the strategy behind the decadeslong quest — successful in 12 states and counting — by politicians, church officials and activists to make taxpayer-funded school vouchers availab...

Earth Day is getting older in a time-fuzzy era. What is it worth to us today?

Without being asked, and without public hearings or briefs, five Republican Ohio Supreme Court justices engaged in flagrant judicial activism and decided that Ohio judges can participate in partisan p...

The time is long overdue for members of Congress to listen to the American people and end US military aid to the extremist Netanyahu government

Fridge magnets are more than tacky souvenirs. They're vessels for our memories.

The U.S. Justice Department confirmed in court Thursday that it is sharing sensitive voter data with Homeland Security. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has given the Trump Justice Department…

With waggish headlines and sharp insight, you can start your news morning off right with the latest from the Ohio Capital Journal and highlights from other publications across the state. We will lead…

Homeland Security is eliminating protected status for immigrants lawfully residing in the U.S. solely based on their race, ethnicity, and nationality. This means sending our Ohio neighbors who've…