CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Five-time Grammy nominated pop star Sia is going to perform a free concert in Cleveland to support abortion rights group All Access on Sept. 10, the organization announced yesterday. The event, hosted by The Daily Show’s Jessica Williams, also features performances from eight time Latin Grammy winner Natalia Lafourcade and Ghostbusters’ […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Do you know your rights as an employee in the state of Ohio? You may think so, but after talking with Attorney Steve Moss, a partner at Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, some facts about employment in Ohio may surprise you. “Employees have a lot of rights in the work place […]
A majority of women, 95 percent, do not regret having an abortion, according to a new study published in the medical journal PLOS One. The study, conducted by the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at UC San Francisco’s School of Medicine, surveyed 670 women over three years. Many women said they had an abortion […]
Women in Louisiana may lose access to abortion services if the state passes a new law enacting a secretive overhaul of its clinic regulations. According to DC bureau reporter Zoë Carpenter, “The requirements are so stringent that not one of the five clinics currently operating in Louisiana would meet them, according to a […]
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network says it has secured the network television rights to “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.” The critically acclaimed film from The Weinstein Company/TWC – about former South African President Nelson Mandela, starring Idris Elba and Naomie Harris – is based on the 1995 book “Long Walk to Freedom.” OWN has licensed […]
(WOIO) – Protestors of George Zimmerman’s verdict of “not guilty” are coming together, nationwide, to demonstrate their disapproval. The decision to have Zimmerman go free with no responsibility for the death of the Florida teen has inspired many to participate in what they call a movement. Reverend Al Sharpton is reportedly leading this movement, which started in […]
While nearly three-quarters of Americans believe that legal recognition of gay marriage is inevitable and an increasing number of states are proving their belief to be true, a new documentary is telling a different story about support for same-sex marriage in the U.S. Produced by award-winning filmmaker and journalist Yoruba Richen, “The New Black” takes […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – In response to reports of the $13 million gap in Cleveland’s public school budget, PETA has sent a letter to Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon with a suggestion that could help the district’s budget, its students’ health, and animals on factory farms all at the same time: Open the […]
Jesse Lee Peterson, the controversial conservative preacher and regular guest of Sean Hannity, said in a recent video it was a mistake to allow women the right to vote. In a video uploaded in March but publicized this Monday by Raw Story, Peterson, who runs an organization calling for Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny […]
WASHINGTON — In a nod to a dramatic shift in public opinion, Barack Obama on Wednesday became the first sitting president to announce his support for same-sex marriage. In a sit-down interview with ABC’s Robin Roberts, Obama completed what has been a markedly long and oft-mocked evolution on the matter. “I’ve always been adamant that […]
OHIO TALKING POINTS Since the 2004 election, Ohio has made exercising the right to vote for its citizens easier, more accessible and convenient. Now, a new law, pushed by Republican Governor Kasich and his allies, threatens to roll back that progress and make it more difficult and confusing for Ohioans to make their voice heard […]
It took more than four decades for a former Alabama state trooper to be indicted on charges that he gunned down a black demonstrator – a killing that helped galvanize the civil rights movement. Now a three-year delay for the trial has both sides fearing that elderly witnesses could die before they get a chance […]