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    How to talk about disability sensitively and avoid ableist tropes

    Disability can be difficult to talk about sensitively because of how embedded ableism is in our language, biases and perceptions of disability.

    Conversations about disability are slowly increasing, especially when it comes to ableist language and how disabled people are represented in the media.

  • COVID sewage surveillance labs join the hunt for monkeypox

    The same wastewater surveillance techniques that have emerged as a critical tool in early detection of COVID-19 outbreaks are being adapted for use in monitoring the startling spread of monkeypox across the San Francisco Bay Area and some other U.S. communities.

  • Senate delivers a major boost to Biden's agenda

    Congress is on the verge of passing President Biden's signature legislative achievement after Senate Democrats approved a major climate, health care and tax bill on Sunday. "It's been a long tough and winding road but at last, at last, we have arrived," Majority Leader Chuck Schumer...

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  • Regulators’ Foot-Dragging on Public Records Hides Full Story Behind FirstEnergy Scandal

    By Kathiann M. Kowalski, Eye on Ohio This article is provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism, in partnership with the nonprofit Energy News Network. Please join the free mailing lists for Eye on Ohio or theEnergy News Network, as…
     

  • Trumbull Historical Society Gets $247K Grant to Digitize Archives

    WARREN, Ohio —Trumbull County Historical Society will receive a federal grant to digitize more than 2,000 oversized archive materials, including maps, blueprints and photographs, dating from the early 1800s to the present. The grant, awarded through the Institute of Museum…
     

  • Selah Owner Plans Event Center, Boutique Hotel

    STRUTHERS, Ohio – Selah Restaurant co-owner Brian Palumbo has purchased a long-vacant neighboring building and plans to renovate it into an event hall and boutique hotel. The two-story building at 126 S. Bridge St., downtown, shares an alley with Selah,…
     

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  • Paul Sracic

    Tim Francisco and Paul Sracic discuss J.D. Vance's victory in the Ohio Republican primary.

  • Paul Sracic

    Tim Francisco and Paul Sracic discuss the rol of China in the Russia-Ukraine war.

  • Lori Factor

    Gina talks with Lori Factor about the YSU Summer Festival of the Arts.

  • Ken Schneck

    Tim Francisco talks with Ken Schneck, professor at Baldwin Wallace University about Pride Month.

  • Rev. Lew Macklin

    Gina talks with Rev. Lew Macklin about the Juneteenth holiday.

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