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An Open Letter to Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley Concerning New Foundations...
Mayor Cranley,In your mayoral acceptance speech this past November, you pledged to turn Cincinnati into a more inclusive city; a city where government can find solutions that will bring disparate...
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Federal judge rules transwoman prisoner must receive hormone therapy
Whitney Lee has lived as a woman for 18 years. The 36-year-old Lee has had a troubled life. She is currently incarcerated at the Mansfield (OH) Correctional Institute for men, serving a three-year...
View ArticleFundie teacher fired for teaching creationism as science takes case to SCOTUS
You may remember the case of John Freshwater, a middle school science teacher from central Ohio who became a cause célèbre among fundies when he was fired in 2011 for teaching creationism as science....
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OH-Gov: CREDO Action Goes After John Kasich (R) & The OH GOP's War On Voting
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted (R) Received this e-mail today from CREDO Action: Over the past year, Ohio Governor John Kasich, Secretary of State Jon Husted, and Republicans in the Ohio...
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Overnight News Digest: Science Saturday (Mother's Day)
Welcome to Science Saturday, where the Overnight News Digest crew, consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors maggiejean, wader, Man Oh Man, side pocket, rfall, and JML9999, alumni editors...
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OH-Gov: Ed FitzGerald (D) Campaigns For Universal Pre-K
Received this e-mail from Ed FitzGerald's (D. OH) gubernatorial campaign today: Ed just unveiled his first major policy of the campaign: Pre-Kindergarten for every Ohio child.Right now, Ohio's...
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Would Pope Francis sign the new Catholic teacher contract?
The Cincinnati Archdiocese has taken their "morality clause" to a whole new extreme in recent months. Teachers in the 19-county Archdiocese school system were presented with a strict new contract...
View ArticleBlocking the doorway.
Hi everyone. Been a little out of circulation for awhile. I'm in a nursing home, rehabilitating from a nearly fatal bout of cellulitus. I am trying to escape from captivity on June 6th. But there's...
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Hillary Clinton leads all Republicans in Ohio poll. Cue the next conspiracy...
Terrified of 2016, Republicans have been hysterically flinging accusations at Hillary Clinton in recent weeks, from Benghazi to Boko Haram. You have to wonder what they're going to come up with next,...
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Defending Clean Energy in Ohio and Beyond
If you watched this week's episode of Showtime's climate series Years of Living Dangerously, you saw a fantastic piece by America Ferrera called "Against the Wind" that pierced the veil of the fossil...
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OH-Gov: Kasich's (R) Freezing Renewable Energy Standards Heats Up Hope For...
So this sucks: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/... The Ohio House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday that would roll back the state's renewable energy and energy efficiency law, making Ohio...
View ArticleCleveland charges police officers - fired over 130 rounds
at unarmed suspects during and after high speed car chase...One officer faces manslaughter charges for standing on the hood of the suspect's car and firing at least 15 rounds through the...
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Attention Ohio! Nancy Pelosi is headed your way Tuesday! "When Women Succeed,...
Thanks to anastasia for posting this.They will hit Columbus tomorrow morning at 9:30 on the statehouse steps. RSVP at 614-600-4233 or BeattyForCongress@gmail.com. Then Cleveland at 2:30 pm at...
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OH-Gov: Ed FitzGerald (D) Accuses John Kasich (R) Of Selling Out To The Koch...
So I am very happy that the Daily Kos has endorsed Ed FitzGerald (D. OH) in his bid to unseat Governor John Kasich (R. OH). And I am really liking this: http://www.businessinsider.com/... The Ohio...
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Ed FitzGerald for Ohio governor, for lots and lots of reasons
Ed FitzGerald We'll be rolling out a series of gubernatorial fundraising endorsements over the next several days. The class of 2010 is up for reelection, and Democrats are looking good in several...
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When Women Succeed Tour in Cleveland
I thought I'd take a break from reading all the diaries that are convincing me that today's Republican Party is some kind of weird performance art, and share some photos from this afternoon's Cleveland...
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Woman suing hospital after medical records posted to "Team No Hoes" Facebook...
A Cincinnati woman has filed a lawsuit against the University of Cincinnati Medical Center after her medical records, including her STD diagnosis and all identifying information, were posted to a...
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IU ... WTF, Ohio?
Well, isn't this special. The Ohio legislature is, of course, considering more legislation to ban insurance coverage for abortion in public and private insurance (because women can't be trusted to...
View ArticleFed Judge Orders Ohio to restore 3-day early voting period
A federal judge is ordering Ohio’s elections chief to restore the final three days of in-person, early voting in the swing state.The order comes in a long-running dispute over the days. President...
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