Op-Ed

Athens deserves our support in its fight to uphold its democratically decided policy around plastic pollution.

My convictions are telling me to stay and fight, but I also feel trapped in my body for the first time in years, not because of who I am but because of what threatens me with lack and neglect, something I did to myself for too long.

Life right here, right now, is precious. And I want abortions to decrease but by the means that have proven over time to truly work.

Into a wracked world of rapid culture change and seismic geopolitical shifts, 62 years ago a new young world leader sought positive countermoves to the global tumult and his nation’s own uneasy role in the melee. In response to Russian Yuri Gagarin’s inaugural space flight, JFK created NASA. And amidst the massive overthrow of former…

I am Filipino American, raised in Meigs and Athens counties. I was lucky to have a Filipino community around me despite growing up so far away from my relatives.

Tassels turned from one side to another, hands were raised in celebration and applause thundered in what was simultaneously a joyous and bittersweet occasion Tuesday night at Tri-County Career Center and High School’s 2023 Passport Ceremony.