Commentary
Ohio Bar Association gives basics of labor and employment law amid coronavirus
With new COVID-19 cases diagnosed daily, you should know how this new coronavirus could impact your workplace. From travel policies to being sent home if you are sick, here are the basics of labor and employment law relating to the new coronavirus. Your Employer Should… Your employer should provide you with plenty of hand washing […]
Coronavirus control measures aren’t pointless – just slowing down the pandemic could save millions of lives
Anywhere from 20% to 60% of the adults around the world may be infected with the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19. That’s the estimate from leading epidemiological experts on communicable disease dynamics. Even the best-case scenario using those numbers means nearly 40,000,000 adults will be infected in the United States […]
The new normal
This is not the story you were supposed to read in this space. This being a news outlet devoted to Ohio Statehouse coverage, I was supposed to write a preview of the State Senate’s 32nd District primary race. That area features a unique pocket of the state poised between the notions of what it once […]
7 lessons from ‘Hidden Figures’ NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson’s life and career
Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician who made critical contributions to the space program at NASA, died Feb. 24 at the age of 101. Johnson became a household name thanks to the celebrated book “Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians who Helped Win the Space Race,” which later […]
COVID-19 situation highlights unreliable hours, benefits and paid time off for Ohio workers
Along with state and local leaders and our fellow Ohioans, Ohio’s foodbanks are monitoring and mobilizing around the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. First and foremost, we want everyone in our state to know that our network is here for you. We are assessing our food sourcing and food distribution options, conferring with our […]
Trump the performer, and his inadequacy to the moment
The thought began with some armchair political speculation a few weeks back: President Trump was putting Vice President Mike Pence in charge of the administration’s coronavirus efforts. I had just recently mentioned in a column an awful HIV outbreak in Indiana that occurred under Pence’s watch, his response to which did not help matters. Politico […]
Ohio’s punitive approach to debt collection a roadblock for students
Everyone benefits when students can pursue training and education beyond high school. Post-secondary education helps people become more engaged in their communities and get higher-paying jobs. Wisely, Ohio policymakers set an ambitious goal that by 2025, 65% of our state’s adult population will have a college degree, certificate or credential. But Ohio law works against […]
Mother: Pols should focus on helping children with Down syndrome, not abortion bans
My name is Emily Chesnut and I am a mother of a child with Down syndrome, her name is Nora and she recently turned 9. I write this to on behalf of my family and many friends who also love someone with Down syndrome. I am especially thankful to Dr. Leesha Thrower, a dear friend […]
You Said It, Week of March 2-6
Reader opinions from the week of March 2-6: Ohio Senate passes telemedicine abortion ban Timothy Close: “The obsession with guns and abortions continues unabated. The decay of the bourgeois political systems for all to see.” Trump EPA chief to Congress: Cut my funding Liz Henwood: “Might as well cut funding. EPA is not enforcing rules, […]
Susan J. Demas: It’s never our time: Why we won’t have a female president next year
The 2020 Democratic presidential race, which, at one point, was brimming with promise with a high water mark of six women contenders, looks to soon be dwindled to one. All signs point to U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) exiting the race as early as Thursday, leaving just U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii). (I’ll leave myself […]
Don’t let Big Pharma capitalize on coronavirus
The new COVID-19 coronavirus has spread to pandemic proportions, infecting people in 30 countries as it makes its way from continent to continent. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) warned that it’s a matter of when, not if, the virus will spread across America. The world needs a coronavirus vaccine now — one that is […]
What Ohio can do to fight coronavirus
Last week, Nancy Messonnier, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, released a statement on coronavirus’s likely spread to the United States, saying that “It’s not a question of ‘if,’ but rather a question of ‘when’ and how many people in this country will have severe […]