Regarded as one of the nineteenth century’s most important human rights advocates, Sojourner Truth delivered what is considered one of the most significant abolitionist and women’s rights speeches in American history, "Ain't I a Woman?" at the Second Women’s Rights Convention in Akron in 1851.  A statue of her and a plaza in downtown Akron will be dedicated and opened to the public on May 29, 2024.  For more information see Truthstatue.org

“Everything that anybody has ever said about private charter schools and voucher schools helping disadvantaged students, raising test scores, integrating society … is wrong,” says Thomas Poetter, professor of educational leadership at Miami University, Ohio.  He  was talking about Ohio's EDChoice to an audience at a recent LWV event.

from ABJ  -  After signing one of the strictest voter ID laws in the country, Gov. Mike De-Wine said the issue of election integrity in Ohio is settled. Some of his fellow Republicans in the Legislature appear to disagree. A bill introduced earlier this month would further tighten the state’s voter ID rules, allow the hand-counting of ballots in certain cases and require voting machines and electronic pollbooks to meet strict cybersecurity rules.