October 27, 2025 | CINCINNATI, OH—I am urgently speaking out today on behalf of working people across this community and this state. Every day, people get up at dawn, punch the clock, care for their families, stretch every dollar in tight budgets, and still do everything they can to make ends meet. And now theirContinue reading “Statement by Brian D Griffin | Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Cincinnati AFL-CIO Central Labor Council”
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From Bartlet to McAvoy: America’s Dream and Its Reckoning
When Aaron Sorkin gave us President Josiah Edward Bartlet in The West Wing (1999), he gave Democrats a dream. Bartlet was brilliant and flawed, moral and principled. He made politics feel noble again. He quoted scripture and Nobel economics in the same breath, believing government could still be smart, decent, and good. For a partyContinue reading “From Bartlet to McAvoy: America’s Dream and Its Reckoning”
Diminished by Every Death: Guns, Rhetoric, and the Soul of America
Charlie Kirk’s assassination is tragic, but it is not an isolated wound. Daily gun deaths, toxic rhetoric, and unchecked access to weapons are hollowing out our nation — and we refuse to act. “No man is an island. Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind.” John Donne wrote those words fourContinue reading “Diminished by Every Death: Guns, Rhetoric, and the Soul of America”
A Call to the Constitutional Conservatives of My Time
There was a time when Republicans prided themselves on being the party of the Constitution. A time when words like accountability, limited government, and fidelity to the rule of law meant more than party loyalty. The Republican Party I grew up with would never have tolerated, let alone celebrated, the abuses we now see fromContinue reading “A Call to the Constitutional Conservatives of My Time”
Who’s Really Erasing What?
A Look at “Erasure Culture” on the Left and Right The word erasure means the act or instance of erasing. It can be as simple as wiping chalk off a board or as complex as removing people, ideas, or histories from public memory. In today’s political climate, erasure has become a loaded term, often usedContinue reading “Who’s Really Erasing What?”
Six Months In: The Labor Movement Stands Between Tyranny and Democracy
Six months into the 47th presidency, the American Labor Movement is being tested—not only in its strength, but in its identity. Are we merely negotiating wages and benefits, or are we fighting for the soul of a democratic society? The current administration has made its position crystal clear. More than 60 regulatory rollbacks have beenContinue reading “Six Months In: The Labor Movement Stands Between Tyranny and Democracy”
A Map Back to One America
From Conflict to Community: Rediscovering Common Ground There is a quiet truth many of us feel, even if we rarely say it aloud. No matter how we voted or what we believed in the heat of the moment, we long for something more than conflict. We want to feel part of something larger than aContinue reading “A Map Back to One America”
Bitcoin Needs Clean Energy while 47 Is Strangling It.
“Whether We Want Crypto or Not, It’s an Energy Glutton, and the 47th Administration Is Making It Dirtier.” By Brian Griffin Cryptocurrency, particularly Bitcoin, is one of the most polarizing technologies of our time. Some hail it as revolutionary, while others see it as speculative, wasteful, or even dangerous. That debate is far from settled,Continue reading “Bitcoin Needs Clean Energy while 47 Is Strangling It.”
Surprise! Labor Loves Development!!
But our role goes even deeper than boots on the ground. Labor is also among the best-informed, most experienced subject matter experts in upstream development planning.
No REIGN Today!
Comments from The Cincinnati “NO KINGS” Rally 06-14-2025: Brothers. Sisters. Siblings. Friends of freedom— My name is Brian Griffin, and I am honored to stand before you here today as a leader in the American Labor Movement, because when democracy is under attack, working people don’t stay silent. We show up, we speak out, andContinue reading “No REIGN Today!”
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