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What the Frack? ~ opposition to “fracking” surges after tremors
Illustration by Rebecca Sylvester for CityBeat A series of 12 unusual earthquakes in northern Ohio reached a 4.0 magnitude on New Year’s Eve, shaking homes in Youngstown and intensifying nationwide...
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Sittenfeld’s Journey from Journalism to City Hall
Photo by Cameron Knight In preparing to interview newly elected Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld, I was repeatedly visited by the temptation to ask him, “Are you as squeaky-clean as you...
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Breeding Ground
Pebbles spent eight years bearing litters at a Minnesota puppymill, before being sold at the Ohio Dog Auction. Photo by Konstantin Vasserman. We’ve got three ‘02-model females,” the auctioneer began. A...
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Unoccupied
Robert Pace and Amy Smith address demonstrators outside Smith’s shuttered home during an Avondale “Foreclosure Tour,” the first public action organized by Occupy the Hood Cincinnati. A Madisonville...
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McKibben Spearheads Plan to Hit Dirty Energy Where It Hurts
Could 350.org’s aggressive new strategy bring an end to global warming? Bill McKibben and about 1900 supporters raised their arms in support of the new 350.org strategy in Seattle’s Benaroya Hall on...
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Occupy’s New Offshoot Set to Cancel Millions in Medical Debts
Medical debt is the cause of 62 percent of bankruptcies, say organizers of Strike Debt, which threw last night’s offbeat fundraiser for their new “Rolling Jubilee.” Ordinary people donated enough money...
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The “People’s Bailout” Was Just the Beginning: What’s Next for Strike Debt?
Thomas Gokey helped create Occupy’s Rolling Jubilee, which is preparing to purchase and cancel $9 million of ordinary people’s medical debt. Here, he speaks about the project’s origins, methods, and...
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Rapper Brother Ali on Privilege, Hope, and Other People’s Stories
In this exclusive interview, hip-hop artist Brother Ali talks to YES! about the personal transformations that have shaped his life and lyrics. Photo courtesy of Rhymesayers Entertainment. Brother Ali...
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Cave Trout
Koi fish paddle among elm seeds, in a private Albuquerque pond. During a stop on a cross-country drive this year, I watched a crowd of long, pale fish erupt from the surface of the Lost Sea, the...
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Proud recipient of a Genesis Award
I was gobsmacked to learn this week that my December cover article for the Christian Science Monitor’s weekly magazine was granted a Genesis Award by the Humane Society of the United States, for...
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