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It is a well-known fact that Ohio is a heavily gerrymandered state, and recent research by the Brennan Center for Justice reveals that approximately 77 percent of Ohioans, or more than 9 million people, live in Ohio House districts that will have no meaningful competition in legislative races this November.

When the story broke about the Apalachee High School shooting in Barrow County, Georgia, this tragedy literally hit home for me, since Barrow County is only half an hour away from Clarke County, where I attended high school.

A study of 5,459 U.S. adults released earlier this year by the Survey Center on American Life reveals an upward trend of young women leaving the church. This has caught the attention of researchers since more men than women have abandoned their childhood faith over the past 20 years.

As Vice President Kamala Harris made history at the Democratic National Convention to become the first Black and Asian American woman to be nominated for president, many people have also been reflecting on another African-American female activist who challenged the racism among DNC Mississippi delegates 60 years ago: Fannie Lou Hamer.

When my summer vacation began at the end of May, I decided to start a new journey of health and wellness. My exercise routine had been very inconsistent even after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 was no longer a public health emergency last year.

I always look forward to the U.S. women’s gymnastics team competing during the Olympics, and I must say that the ladies representing our nation this summer did not disappoint.

As the 2024 campaign for the White House between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris continues to rev up with traded barbs and personal attacks, one particular jab that Trump took at Harris during a panel interview at the National Association for Black Journalists Convention in Chicago will certainly be readdressed whenever they get to a debate stage.

As my mother and I watched Joe Biden speak to the nation after announcing that he would not be running for reelection, my mother brought up one of my funny childhood moments when Gerald Ford was president.

While I was watching the ongoing news reports on the assassination attempt of former President Donald J. Trump recently, I was simultaneously scrolling through social media posts on X.

The film “Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot” begins with a beautiful truth about childhood innocence.