Toby Hoover, founder and former executive director of the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, explains what it takes to reduce gun violence and why groups like hers are not trying to take away anyone’s guns.
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Patricia Gabbe,
M.D, explains why Blacks have such a high infant mortality rate and why racism
is a public health crisis.
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This episode of Lawyer Up! is produced by lawyers Jack D’Aurora and John Gonzales of The Behal Law Group
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I’ve been taken by some thoughtful statements made recently. I’ve also been stunned by comments I can characterize only as boneheaded. First, the thoughtful statements, the leadoff coming from Marge Simpson last week.
“I usually don’t get into politics, but the president’s senior adviser Jenna Ellis just said Kamala Harris sounds like me. Lisa says she doesn’t mean it as a compliment. If that’s so, as an ordinary suburban housewife, I’m ...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light a problem we refuse to resolve—too many Americans being paid too low a wage—and illustrates a lack of concern for Americans at the bottom of the economic ladder.
Let’s look at the numbers. More than 53 million people—44% of all workers aged 18-64—earn median hourly wages of $10.22 and median annual earnings of $17,950, according to research from Brookings. Nearly two-thirds of these people are in their prime working years of 25-54, and ...
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Jim McNamara has prosecuted civil actions throughout the state of Ohio on behalf of citizens who have suffered from police abuse. Based on the cases he’s handled over the course of 40 years, Jim explains why police abuse exists, the breadth of the problem, and what it takes to effect real change. ...
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Two views on the murder of George Floyd
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Earlier this month, I received an email from one of my blog readers about George Floyd. I responded and am posting both emails here.
First, the email from the reader:
The trouble in Minneapolis? How about a sober and sane look at what happened. First a violent cop with a history of complaints regarding undue force and even his part-time employer echoing those comments. ...
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Guest: attorney Jon Saia of Saia & Piatt
Jon Saia’s practice is focused on OVI defense. He’s one of the most knowledgeable attorneys in Ohio on the law. Not only an accomplished attorney, Jon is certified by The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as an instructor in the administration of standardized field sobriety ...
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The directives from the Ohio Department of Public Health concerning how we are to deal with the coronavirus have brought many revelations. Until the virus hit, I didn’t realize how many constitutional law scholars we have, nor was I aware how creative people can be when objecting to the guidelines.
Take, for instance, the owner of The National Road Diner near Cambridge, Ohio. She refuses to close because, “it’s my constitutional right to open my business now.” Apparently, constitutional law ...
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The DuPont story—one lawyer’s 20-year legal battle against a corporation’s pollution and cover up
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For years, DuPont had been dumping in a landfill in Parkersburg, West Va., a man-made chemical commonly known as PFOA, which was recently linked to cancers and other diseases. But DuPont knew as far back as 1951 that PFOAs posed a health risk, and as time went on, DuPont learned ...
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Duane Casares wants to restore Kimberly Parkway, a neighborhood on the southeast side of Columbus that surrounds the old Eastland Mall. “Kimberly has a terrible infant mortality problem and a high eviction rate. Many of its residents live at the federal poverty level ($26,200 for a family of four), are there are no youth-oriented services—libraries, recreation centers, YMCAs or Boys & Girls Clubs—anywhere.”
Casares and the non-profit agency he heads, Direction for Youth and Families, work to strengthen families and ...
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