66. Vote no on Issue 1 (unless you like minority rule).
In a special election set for this August, Republicans in the Ohio statehouse and three special interest groups are advocating a change to the state constitution that can only be considered anti-democratic: future amendments will require a 60 percent vote.
65. Why are trans kids under attack by Ohio’s statehouse?
Is the recent wave of legislation concerning the LGBTQ community focused on preventing harms or a way for politicians to prove their conservative bona fides?
64. Does Ohio’s EdChoice voucher system put public education at risk?
Is the Ohio constitutional mandate that government provide for “a thorough and efficient system of common schools” at risk because of the EdChoice voucher system?
63. The failed experiment of charter schools
The creation of charter schools, also known as community schools, in Ohio is an experiment that has cost Ohioans billions and has provided little educational improvement for its students.
62. How much more lying can we tolerate?
Why do people, mostly politicians it seems, lie? Because it works
61. Does Ohio Senator Cirino's proposed legislation promote or hinder academic freedom?
Ohio state Senator Jerry Cirino says he sponsored Senate Bill 83 because he wants students to be taught how to think, not what to think, but you wouldn’t know it from reading the bill.
60. Are teachers obligated to disclose a student’s gender dysphoria?
Teachers are obligated to report abuse and neglect, but what about when they’re told in confidence that a student has gender dysphoria?
59. Are Mike Gonidakis and Ohio Right to Life right about abortion?
Mike Gonidakis and Ohio Right to Life see abortion as a black and white issue. But many Ohioans see it differently.
58. The threat of Christian nationalism
Christian nationalism speaks to a declaration of war against the enemies of God, but it is far removed from both Christianity and patriotism, and it’s sweeping the nation.
57. How can I possibly make a difference?
After a career in health care and raising a family in Georgia, Connie Cheren decided to take up the challenge of providing health care services in Kenya, but she had no clue how to get started.
56. Legislators disregard science when it comes to trans kids
Ohio lawmakers want to prohibit gender affirming care for children who are trans.
55. Teachers can carry firearms, but teaching about the racial divide might be off limits
Ohio lawmakers recently passed legislation that allows teachers to carry firearms in the classroom with just 24 hours of training
54. What’s up with election deniers and QAnon believers?
The human mind is not readily disposed to accepting facts as they are, which explains election deniers and QAnon believers.
53. The supreme court and its textualist approach to abortion and guns
In the Dobbs case, the U.S. Supreme Court found there is no constitutional right to abortion and held that the issue of abortion is better left with the states, but state legislatures have gerrymandered their voting maps so that the power in party controls the vote
52. No country for great statesmen
Remember the movie, “No country for old men?” America is becoming, “no country for great statesmen.”
51. More guns, more violence
The NRA tells us the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. How’s that working for us?
50. The new political strategy—voter suppression
Why is voting in America difficult, and what’s behind the recent efforts by Republican controlled state legislatures to make it even more difficult?
49. The problem with police investigative stops—police abuse or citizen non-compliance?
What does the law say about a police officer’s obligation when stopping and questioning someone for possible criminal conduct?
48. The U.S. Supreme Court has become an extension of politics
The U.S. Supreme Court is taking on the trappings of being a political body.
47. The blind injustice of America’s criminal justice sytem
We want to believe the criminal justice system convicts the right person and allows the innocent to go free. It’s a nice thought, but it doesn’t always work that way.