They came in buses, cars, bicycles and on foot with a message to Ohio leaders: advance a moral public policy agenda that responds to the urgent needs of those who are poor, ill, young or old, religious minorities and communities of color.…
It’s Women’s Equality Day — a day proclaimed each year by the President of the United States to mark the anniversary of the enactment of the 19th Amendment on Aug. 26, 1920 granting women the right to vote.…
For Immediate Release: August 4, 2016
Contact: Sandy Theis (614) 940-0131
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CINCINNATI – State Rep. Alicia Reece (D-Cincinnati), who heads the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus, said Ohio has been part of a nationwide effort to limit voting opportunities that specifically hurt African-Americans and other minorities.…
For Immediate Release:
August 3, 2016
Contact: Sandy Theis (614) 940-0131
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COLUMBUS – The state legislature passed laws that intentionally limit voter participation by African-Americans and other groups that tend to favor Democrats, and a federal appeals court should find these limits unconstitutional, civil rights lawyer, Subodh Chandra, told a Columbus news conference.…
“History is about to be made,” said former state senator for Ohio’s 25th district, Nina Turner, “and not in a good way.’’
At a Cleveland news conference, she noted that July 19 will mark the 125th day since President Obama nominated Chief Judge Merrick Garland to fill the empty Supreme Court seat, which is the longest the Senate has ever made a Supreme Court nominee wait for a vote.…
Ohio’s leading experts in voting rights and civil rights urged U.S. Senator Rob Portman Thursday to join them in support of shoring up the Voting Rights Acts (VRA). If the needed changes are not made, this will be the first presidential election in half a century where voters lack the full protections of the VRA.…
State Rep. Alicia Recce, appointed to a coveted spot on the DNC’s Platform Committee, expects this year’s platform to be specific, instead of continuing the tradition of advocating for broad themes.
Criminal justice reform isn’t part of the current platform, she said.…
COLUMBUS, OH – When payday lenders gripe that new federal rules curtailing their abusive interest rates could cost Ohio jobs, payday lending reform advocate Bill Faith has a shutdown of a reply: “I grew up in Youngstown, and nobody complained when the mob went out of business.…
Released: May 26, 10am
Federal money intended to help good charter schools expand instead went to some of Ohio’s notoriously bad charters, including some of the money that went to schools that never opened.…