Athens Messenger Contact and Editorial Staff Listing
Established 1825 The Athens Messenger publishes from Athens Ohio covering Route 33 North and Johnson Road with a local editorial team. Monica Nieporte Jill Higgins Wendy Van Sickle Jeff Bunch Ike Weiss oversee letters to the editor and newsroom operations.
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Monica Nieporte
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Joe Higgins
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Wendy van Sickle
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Jeff Bunch
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Ike Weiss
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Editorial Round-up on Boehner resignation and budget talks
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes Boehner's exit weakens both parties and may avert a shutdown only to invite future battles over Planned Parenthood funding and ACA. The Columbus Dispatch argues school activity fees burden families as districts seek budget fixes and calls for alternatives to protect after school programs.
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John Boehner
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Ohio
Jon Husted
Cliff Hite
Findlay
Hite
Husted
Columbus Dispatch
Congressman billed for swiping pope water glass
Rep. Bob Brady took Pope Francis’s water glass from the House podium and shared sips with aides. The House Clerk issued a $3.94 bill for the glass, with officials noting no historic designation applies. Brady had offered to pay, and the glass was saved from disposal or oblivion.
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D-Pa
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House Chamber
Forensics
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Capitol
Laura Condeluci
House
Pope
House Administration Committee
White House
Supreme Court
National Park Service
NPS
April Slayton
Editor letters to the Messenger invite signed hometown submissions
The Messenger invites readers to send letters up to 400 words signed with name and hometown. A verification phone number is requested. Submissions may be mailed to P.O. Box 4210 Athens OH 45701 or emailed to shiggins athens messenger. com. All letters may be edited for publication.
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Interracial sex in history defies simple labels
Brandeis University associate professor Carina Ray examines how interracial relationships across slavery apartheid and Jim Crow era resist binary judgments. She discusses Noah, Bond, Hemings, Johnson, and Thurmond, urging nuanced, non sensationalized approaches to trauma, consent, and power in these histories.
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Trevor Noah
Johannesburg
Noah
South Africa
New York Times
Julian Bond
Bond
Jane Bond
Kentucky
Thomas Jefferson
Sally Hemings
Richard Mentor Johnson
Martin van Buren
Julia Chinn
Johnson
Washington
Chinn
Hemings
Harriet Jacobs
Jim Crow
United States
Strom Thurmond
Daraprim price hike sparks broad backlash and debate
Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, doubled down on raising Daraprim prices to 750 dollars per tablet, then faced public and political backlash. He later backed off while promising a small profit and lower costs, drawing in Trump and Clinton as critics. The episode raises questions about drug pricing, market incentives, and morality in capitalism.
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Martin Shkreli
America
Shkreli
Turing Pharmaceuticals
Bloomberg TV
CNBC
CBS News
Fusion
ABC News
NBC News
Turing
Donald Trump
Trump
South Carolina
Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders
Pope Francis
Congress
Americas
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