Karen Lee
Greece National Vice Chair, DPCA Voting Rep, DAGR Comm Chair, GSC Member-at-Large, GSC Steering, Ohio Team Co-Lead
Writer, parent, volunteer, gardener
LATEST BY Karen Lee
DEMAND Congress Extend TPS
Help Protect the Haitian Community Haitian refugees in Central Ohio are among those hardest hit by this administration's 'rule by cruel' mantra. Arriving with less, they also lacked an established ...
Ohio Reacts to SCOTUS on TPS
JUST IN: from Central Ohio activists In response to the SCOTUS decision to allow the lifting of protected status of Haitians and Somalians, there will be a rally/vigil at City ...
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Huge Win! And, OK, Also a Loss
HUGE WIN! Governor DeWine vetoed HB 472! Rachel Coyle, Innovation Ohio, reported today (in the wee hours in Europe): MAJOR VICTORY FOR OHIO! Governor DeWine has VETOED (rejected) HB 472! This ...
Dobbs: Has It Done Any Good?
On the Anniversary, Taking Stock of Women's Health Four years ago, the Supreme Court set women's health, not just abortion rights, back decades. Today marks four years since the Supreme ...
Fate of Haitians in SCOTUS's Hands
Trump’s Deportation Plan Puts Grandma at Risk The status of hundreds of thousand refugees will be determined in the coming days. Seniors dependent on caregivers may suffer tremendously for it. ...
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ACTION: 10 Days to Veto SB 219
10 Days Left for Governor to Veto! We put up the alert last week. Now just a few days are left to stop it, or at least try. Here's a ...
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Data Centers Won't Be on Ballot
Proposed Amendment to Ban Data Centers? Not This Year! Starting in April, with a very short time period to collect signatures made this effort a bit of a 'hail Mary.' ...
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On Juneteenth, An Important Reminder
Ohio Black Caucus Decries Voter ID Referendum Ohio Legislative Black Caucus President and state Rep. Terrence Upchurch, D-Cleveland, said Juneteenth is a reminder that progress does not happen on its ...
Amy Lays It Out on MS NOW!
Dr. Acton Goes National! It's a short 7 minutes with Ari Velshi interviewing Amy Acton. It's short, sweet, and points the way to go. Gotcher yard sign? Er, social media ...
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Shunning the UFC Spectacle
Springfield Rose Up and Sang Out As men fought in cages at the White House, women urged Americans to take a ‘deep breath’ with Jane Fonda’s “Rise Up, Sing Out” ...
You Mean, They Backed Down? Well, OK!
Data Center Tax Breaks: We Live to Fight Another Day! It looks like Ohio GOPs in the General Assembly did NOT go through with flinging more Ohio tax dollars to ...
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ALERT: Urge VETO on SB 219
Bad Bill Fast-tracking to Gov. DeWine! Urge VETO on “Sub. SB 219 – Revise the Law Governing Oil and Gas Wells.” What it does: SB 219would drastically speed up every ...
Civil War Living History in Mansfield
Mansfield's South Park offers thirds annual event, including cannon fire Cannons fired. President Lincoln spoke calmly. A blacksmith shaped hot iron. Medicinal herbs grew in a garden. It was all ...
Drain the Swamp! Again!
And Do It Right, This Time! Start off with the WIVT Binghamton, NY article on Yahoo News, headlining Rep. Josh Riley, co-sponsor, of another Drain the Swamp Act. THIS ...
Data Centers - Proponents Testify
Local leaders, construction industry defend data centers Testifying before Ohio lawmakers this week, data center supporters argued that they are actually a boon to communities. Sen. Brian Chavez said legislation ...
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DAGR Closes a Decade at Athens PRIDE
Great day for a major celebration -- You couldn't ask for more beautiful weather or more faithful friends. In worthy struggles for quite a few years. Earth Day 2005? From ...
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Send a Note to Gov. DeWine - Veto SB 276!
Under the Xmas Tree -- Lotsa Garbage, No Pony! Honesty 4 Ohio Education weighed in with advice for one of those nasty bills legislators like to jam through before nipping ...
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FBI Raids Ohio Voting Rights Group
Ohio Organizing Collaborative and its Members! It wasn't just a possibly illegal raid on the OOC Cleveland offices yesterday. That was bad enough. But members in Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati ...
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When Democrats Won the Heartland
When Rural Populists Took on Reagan Democrats’ economic message once put a check on arch-conservative power. Matt L. Barron writes: "For five months during the summer and fall of 1983, ...
Bye Bye, Max Miller?
Might the OH-07 be in play? A CommonDreams article on the primary sweep of Dem candidates backed by Working Families Party led us to look further into Brian Poindexter ...
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