West Virginia University students protest planned slashing of cultural and language programs

The planned cuts are widely understood as a frontal assault on the social and cultural rights of workers and youth more broadly.

Mississippi River water levels plummet to all-time lows

Water levels, already at their lowest level since record keeping began, continue to fall in the Mississippi River, threatening river traffic and safe drinking water for millions. Drought brought on by global warming is to blame.

Outrage among Columbus teachers as union pushes through concessions contract

After having called off the strike by 4,500 public school teachers, nurses, librarians, councilors and other educators early Thursday morning, the union pushed through a contract Sunday which meets none of the teachers’ basic demands.

”It is time we said enough is enough”

Teachers take to the picket lines in Columbus, Ohio

Teachers in Columbus, Ohio, started picketing Monday in the first walkout in the school district since 1975.

First teachers’ strike since 1975 looms in Columbus, Ohio

This Sunday 4,000 Columbus City Schools (CCS) educators are set to vote on strike action as they seek to carry out a long overdue counteroffensive against years of attacks on public education in the city’s schools.

Columbus, Ohio public school teachers poised to strike

Columbus are demanding better funding for support staff, art classes and decreased class sizes, as well as air conditioning to deal with sweltering heat.

Columbus, Ohio police officer cleared of wrongdoing after killing 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant

No charges will be filed against the Columbus, Ohio police officer who shot and killed a 16-year-old girl last year.

300 workers locked out at Troy, Ohio aeronautics plant

The lockout of the aerospace workers comes in the midst of an accelerating war drive of the US and its NATO allies against Russia.

Memorial for Kroger worker harassed into suicide by manager for wearing face mask

About fifty people crowded the sidewalks outside a Milford, Ohio, Kroger store to protest the death of Evan Seyfried.

Ohio House budget sanctions tax cuts for the wealthy and illusory school funding increases

The tax cuts were combined with a much-touted overhaul of K-12 public school funding, providing cover for 12 of the House’s 35 Democrats to vote in support of the budget.

COVID-19 cases in Ohio schools nearly double in wake of forced reopenings

The spike in cases came just two days before Republican Governor Mike DeWine’s March 9 false pronouncement that “victory is in sight” in the fight against the virus.