Gun love making America more dangerous than war zones

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There’s something wrong in America: we’ve come to accept as unavoidable a staggering number of gun deaths annually.

State legislatures, either stymied by the thought of judicial review or fearful of political fallout, are doing nothing, and Republican dominated legislatures promote gun proliferation. Ohio’s General Assembly wants to do away with permits for concealed carry.

Ponder this: in the last two decades 15,000 military members and civilian contractors died in the ...

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11
JAN
3

Gun Policy

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Not all neighborhoods are equal

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Columbus suffers from a lack of housing, and especially affordable housing, a problem that hits low income neighborhoods the hardest. Those same neighborhoods also lack resources–think libraries, YMCAs and community centers. How do we engage the residents of those communities to consolidate their voices to gain access to more resources, and how we ...

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13
NOV
0

Inequities in the Economy

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You might be a socialist and not even know it  

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If you haven’t noticed, we’re being overrun by socialists. Fortunately, they’re easy to recognize. They’re the ones supporting President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure bill, which Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., tells us is nothing but “big government socialism.” Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, calls the bill an “accelerator to socialism.”

There’s lots of talk about how the bill will lead to the nation’s demise but little talk about what’s in the ...

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6
NOV
6

Political Issues

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Critical race theory–a subject of controversy and misinformation

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Ohio State University Associate Professor Joni Acuff talks with us about what critical race theory actually is—as opposed to how it’s described by its critics—and gives examples of racial inequality being imbedded in society. The three of us discuss legislative efforts to ban critical race theory. Legislators say they want students to be presented with the ...

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17
OCT
1

Social Issues, Uncategorized

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Far too often, religious freedom an excuse for intolerance

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Episcopal priest Barbara Brown Taylor has it right: “Human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God.” A case in point is the religious right’s reaction to The Equality Act, which proposes to give the LGBTQ community the same rights that straight people enjoy.

According to evangelist Franklin Graham, “The Equality Act is a threat to life as we know ...

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24
AUG
3

Social Issues

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Bishops wrongheaded to weaponize Communion

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Every day, someone in the Catholic Church’s hierarchy wakes up says, “What can we do today to show how out of touch we are with our people and lose more of them?” The current leader of that effort is José Gomez, archbishop of Los Angeles and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The conference is considering whether Catholic politicians, like President Joe Biden, should be denied Communion—the ...

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27
JUN
8

Political Issues

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Affordable housing needs a whole new approach

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Mayor Andrew J. Ginther wants to fix our affordable housing problem – 54,000 central Ohio households spend more than half their income on housing – which disproportionately affects minorities.

Median household income for Black households in Columbus is $35,569, which is 40% less than that of white households, and nearly 40% of Black workers make just $15,000 or less a year, compared to 14% for white workers.

This problem didn’t happen ...

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23
MAY
1

Inequities in the Economy

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Inside the walls

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Ohio houses some 50,000 men and women in its penitentiaries. Former warden Christine Money describes life inside the walls and an innovative program she now directs that helps inmates successfully  reenter society. Some of these former offenders have been inside the walls for over 35 years, and almost all of them are doing exceptionally well. ...

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16
MAY
2

Social Issues

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