A Madisonville couple who have spent the past decade fighting against predatory Big Bank lenders which tipped them into bankruptcy and foreclosure, might see their case go before the U.S. Supreme Court. As they push their cause, they have found solidarity in a new community of activists battling foreclosure in Cincinnati. Ten years ago, Demetrious [...]
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Breeding Ground
Posted in News, tagged Bichon Frise, Clearwater Kennel, Coalition to Ban Ohio Dog Auctions, Ervin Raber, Lanzie Horton Jr., Luv4k9s, Mary O'Connor-Shaver, Melody Brackney, Ohio Dog Auction, Ohio Professional Dog Breeders Association, puppymills, S.B. 130 on February 10, 2012 | 1 Comment »
We’ve got three ‘02-model females,” the auctioneer began. A seated crowd of bonnets and wide-brim hats peered down into the auction pit, where three small white dogs stood on a rug-covered table. A teenage boy held each one in place. Auction lots 73-75, three Bichon Frises registered under the names Mandy, Crystal, and Pebbles, were [...]
Stopping Unnecessary Roughness ~ local group monitors national animal research
Posted in News, tagged animal experimentation, Battelle Memorial Institute, Karen Budkie, Michael Budkie, Milford, SAEN, Stop Animal Exploitation Now, USDA, vivisection on December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Budkie has lasted 15 years in a career most people wouldn’t touch with a pooper-scooper: He studies the day-to-day life stories of animals stuck in laboratory experiments. “That’s not exactly the Sunday comics,” says the 52-year-old from Milford, who has a degree in Animal Health Technology from the University of Cincinnati, and another in [...]
Piatt Park Occupiers Arrested, Tents Dismantled
Posted in News on October 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
After midnight this morning, Cincinnati police arrested about twenty members of Occupy Cincinnati before a crowd of several hundred supporters, according to eyewitnesses. The growing group of residents had been demonstrating against a system of “corporate welfare”–exemplified by the bank bailouts of 2008 and 2009–that they say tramples the interests of 99 percent of the [...]
Scholars clarify activists’ paths
Posted in News, Travel on October 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Readers, my apologies: technical problems prevented me from posting the following jottings last night. I’ve decided to remain here in Uppsala, Sweden for a few days after the current conference ends, to catch you up on my findings. Thanks for sticking around! From yesterday: I am rolling out of Dresden on a quiet train, halfway [...]
Battle Rages Over Office of Environmental Quality
Posted in News on August 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Among a standing-room-only crowd at a former Catholic church in South Cumminsville, a swath of green t-shirts materialized Aug. 16 on residents opposing a budget proposal that would dismantle Cincinnati’s Office of Environmental Quality (OEQ). The public hearing of City Council’s Budget and Finance Committee began with City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr.’s presentation and defense [...]
National whistleblower leaks 800 “model” bills to local activist
Posted in News, tagged ag gag bills, ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, Center for Media and Democracy, Fair and Legal Employment Act, Freedom of Choice in Healthcare Act, Jeffersonian ideals, No Sanctuary Cities for Illegal Immigrants Act, ObamaCare, Ohio Healthcare Amendment, ProPublica, Sheriff Richard Jones on August 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Within two hours of helping stage a loud protest outside a spring convention of conservative policymakers, Over-the-Rhine resident Aliya Rahman got a telephone call that has now triggered a media groundswell. “I have information about ALEC,” said a voice. Six weeks earlier, 29-year-old Rahman had been a Miami Univeristy Ph.D. student and labor organizer who [...]
This Little Piggie Gets Tortured ~ Kroger stops shipments, asks for probe
Posted in News, tagged Iowa floods, Iowa Select Farms, Kroger, Mercy for Animals, pigs, Pork Princess, undercover animal abuse video on July 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Three years ago, floodwaters engulfed Iowa and swept hundreds of pigs down the Mississsippi River, sparking a rescue effort that moved over 60 survivors to new lives on sanctuaries. Last week Iowa’s levees burst again, and its pigs took the national spotlight once more, to tell a different story. A hard-to-watch undercover video from the [...]
Protest Greets Legislative Ghostwriters in Cincinnati; Enquirer Absent
Posted in News, Uncategorized, tagged ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Committee, Bob Sloan, Bruce Fealk, Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center, Jennifer Butler, John Boehner, John Kasich, Ohio Prison Industrieds Form At, Pam Gorman, protest on April 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday inside the Netherland Hotel, a discreet committee drafted America’s next season of conservative state legislation. Outside, bucket drums, megaphones, and a hundred angry voices roared in protest. And three blocks away, The Cincinnati Enquirer stayed home. Courageous members of the American Legislative Exchange Commission (ALEC), peeked out of the hotel’s grand entrance during their [...]
