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Proposed ban on drag performances in public places in Ohio gets praise and questions
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Supporters of a Republican-backed bill that would ban drag performers from doing shows in public places within view of children testified before the Ohio… Read More
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Bipartisan Ohio House proposal addresses recent university protests
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bipartisan proposal introduced in the Ohio House on Thursday aims to address what lawmakers see as holes in both universities’ anti-bias policies and… Read More
![A man holds up an Israeli flag as Columbia University students participate in a rally in support of Palestine at the university on October 12 in New York City.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/gettyimages-1732239496-c6bb208c0ccca6ff27527a16400cd42017d5ca22-scaled-e1697310159537-900x422.jpg)
U.S. students are clashing over the Israel-Hamas war. What can colleges do?
By: Rachel Treisman | Elissa Nadworny | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The violence in Israel and Gaza has heightened tensions on college campuses across the U.S., as students, staff, and administrators grapple with how to respond. Pro-Israel… Read More
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A lawsuit alleges Ironton police attacked a man for trying to record them
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A man who says Ironton police officers attacked him because he was going to record them as they searched his truck has filed a civil rights… Read More
Shawnee State University pays $400K to professor who refused to use a student’s pronouns
By: Jonathan Franklin | NPR
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PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (NPR) — A public university professor in Ohio who was disciplined four years ago for refusing to use a transgender student’s pronouns is being awarded $400,000 following a… Read More
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Free Speech Provisions In School Bill Draw Opposition From ACLU
By: Will Price
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A bill in the state Legislature is looking to strengthen free speech protections at schools throughout Ohio. But it is opposed by one of the nation’s leading… Read More
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Free Speech Provisions In School Bill Draw Opposition From ACLU
By: Will Price
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A bill in the state Legislature is looking to strengthen free speech protections at schools throughout Ohio. But it is opposed by one of the nation’s… Read More
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Bill Would Crack Down On Looting And Rioting
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two Republican state lawmakers are introducing a bill that they say will crack down on people they call looters and rioters – those who perpetuate violence or… Read More
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World responds to protests sparked by George Floyd’s death
By: NPR
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Demonstrations condemning police brutality and systemic racism continued throughout the weekend across the US, as worldwide, activists joined in solidarity. In Hong Kong, police have banned the annual Tiananmen Square vigil set to mark the 1989 massacre of peaceful protesters by authorities. In Colombia’s Amazon rainforest, coronavirus is threatening the Indigenous communities that make up a majority of the region’s population.
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Lawsuit Settled Over Flag-Burning Arrest at GOP Convention
By: Associated Press
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CLEVELAND (AP) – The city of Cleveland will pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a protester arrested during a flag-burning at the Republican National Convention in 2016. Steven… Read More
![The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a woman who gave a police officer the middle finger.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gettyimages-200559480-001-86c2d923d57f1656be4359ae25e8afed96ac7fef-e1552670666536-900x422.jpg)
Police Officer Can’t Pull Over Driver For Giving Him The Finger, Court Rules
By: Matthew S. Schwartz I NPR
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A Michigan woman was engaging in constitutionally protected free speech when she made a crude hand gesture, a federal court ruled.
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The Outlet: Season 6, Episode 7
By: Abby Grisez
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This is the October 31, 2017 broadcast of The OUtlet. On this week’s show, our reporters covered a bipartisan coalition aimed at protesting a new free speech policy at Ohio… Read More