CLEVELAND — When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month, Ohio’s previously unconstitutional “heartbeat bill” that effectively bans most abortions snapped into place. For Republicans, including Gov. Mike DeWine, an abortion-rights foe who signed the bill...
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Analysis: Republicans got what they wanted with Roe. Will they come to regret it?
"We can't sit by and let this happen without fighting back," said Crystal Lett, the Ohio program director for a national advocacy organization called Red Wine & Blue. It organizes suburban women to fight state and local officials on issues from book banning in...
After national backlash, Ohio GOP leader says ‘genital inspections’ won’t be part of anti-transgender athlete bill
Mother and Northeast Ohio Democratic activist Katie Paris knew former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was speaking at the City Club event, however, she didn't know that Huffman was there. "No child, regardless of gender, should be subject to internal genital...
Parents push for parental rights when it comes to school books
“When our children don't get to see people who look like them in the stories they are reading at school then they have to think well, maybe I'm not a part of this society. Maybe I'm not a part of this world.” Proud of our very own Julie Collins and Katie Paris,...
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Do This: Look up data centers where you live
Data centers are popping up all over the country, but the majority of Americans don’t want them in our community. That’s because we know that data centers pollute our air, use up our water supply, and increase our electricity bills — all without adding anything to the...
Watch This: Living Next to a Data Center
There are more than 4,000 data centers in the U.S. That’s a lot, and the more we use the internet and AI, the more that number will grow. Still, many of us don’t know much about the impact of data centers if we haven’t personally experienced them in our own community....
Read This: What Everyone Should Know about Data Centers
Whenever we do a quick Google search or snap a picture on our phones and it saves to the “cloud,” many of us don’t think about what that means. The internet feels like an imaginary, infinite space for holding all our digital stuff. But it’s actually all powered by...
Do This: Share Healthy Shouldn’t Be This Hard with your friends
It’s a struggle for women to live healthy in America, so concerns about our health are at the top of our minds as we head toward November’s elections. We want to support candidates who will help us be healthy, not make it harder, and politicians know it. We’re...
Watch This: Healthy Shouldn’t Be This Hard
What do safe food, vaccines, hormones, insurance, pollution, and climate change all have in common? They all factor into our ability to be healthy! These are also just some of the things that most women think about every day, because we care about our own wellness and...