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Voters in Predominantly Black Ohio Suburb Forced to Cast Provisional Ballots
by Jorge Rivas on November 6 2012, 5:53PM
A number of residents in Forest Park, a predominantly black suburb outside Cincinnati, are reporting they’re being forced to cast provisional ballots because records incorrectly show they already submitted an absentee-ballot. The state Board of Election says the issue was…
Romney Family Invests in ‘Faulty’ Voting Machines That Will be Used in Ohio
by Jorge Rivas on October 22 2012, 11:41AM
It’s clear Ohio will be the decider so this is definitely something worth watching.
Supreme Court Refuses Republican Request to Halt Early Voting in Ohio
by Jorge Rivas on October 16 2012, 1:20PM
Supreme Court refuses Republican request to halt early voting in Ohio days before election.
Ohio Appealing to US Supreme Court To Block Weekend Early Voting
by Brentin Mock on October 9 2012, 12:39PM
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted must really dislike black church’s “souls to the polls” GOTV campaigns.
Another Voting Rights Victory, This Time in Ohio
by Aura Bogado on October 5 2012, 5:22PM
A court blocks Ohio from cutting off its early voting hours, ensuring black voters can participate ahead of Election Day.
Topics: /NOW Blog
The Ballot and the Bible: How Voting Can Be a Sacred Act
by Aura Bogado on September 25 2012, 9:48AM
People across the country are organizing their religious communities ahead of this year’s presidential election.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
Federal Judge Restores Early Voting on Weekends in Ohio
by Jorge Rivas on August 31 2012, 4:11PM
A federal judge in Ohio on Friday restored early voting rights in the three days before the election, ruling in favor of the Obama campaign.
‘OSU Haters’ Tumblr Puts Ohio State’s Racist Tweets on Blast
by Jorge Rivas on August 31 2012, 12:08PM
The three-month old Tumblr takes hateful and/or racially insensitive tweets posted by Ohio State students and lays them out for the world to see.
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Ohio’s Jon Husted, the New Bad Boy on the Voting Rights Block
by Brentin Mock on August 29 2012, 9:36AM
In a state already plagued by voting problems, the secretary of state is working hard to close, rather than open access to the polls.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
Ohio GOP Election Official: Early Voting Should Not Accommodate Blacks
by Jorge Rivas on August 20 2012, 12:29PM
An Ohio GOP election official who voted against the weekend voting rules that enabled thousands to cast ballots in the 2008 election said Sunday that he did not think that the state’s early voting procedures should accommodate African-Americans.
Kelley Williams-Bolar’s Long, Winding Fight to Educate Her Daughters
by Julianne Hing on May 16 2012, 9:30AM
When the Ohio mom was prosecuted last year for sending her daughters to a neighboring school district, her story became a cause celebre. Now, she’s joined a growing movement for more parental control over school reform. But is it just a front for privatization?
Topics: Dispatches, Education Reform, Schools & Youth
Landlord Says She’s No Racist, She Just Doesn’t Want Black Folks in Pool
by Jorge Rivas on December 16 2011, 11:38AM
The landlord says she’s not racist she just didn’t want black hair products to get the pool water cloudy.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Report: Big Banks Leaving Abandoned, Foreclosed Homes in Ohio
by Asraa Mustufa on May 10 2011, 12:03PM
Filings in at least three of the state’s cities were nearly three times more concentrated in communities of color than in majority white ones.
Topics: Economy
Student Humiliated by Mock Slave Auction at Ohio School
by Thoai Lu on March 11 2011, 11:25AM
Ten-year-old student Nikko Burton was punished by his teacher for refusing to participate.
Topics: Schools & Youth
Ohio Mom Gets Jail Time For Sending Kids to Suburban School
by Jamilah King on January 26 2011, 5:01PM
Kelley Williams-Bolar gets ten days in jail for good parenting.
Topics: Schools & Youth
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