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Israeli teens prefer going to jail over enlisting in the Israeli Death Forces (...

Sofia Orr, 19, is an Israeli teenager who chose jail over enlisting in the Israeli Death Forces (IDF). Before turning 19, Sofia was jailed three times for refusing to enlist in mandatory military...

Shayla Favor agreed to an "advisory committee" between activists and...

Democrat and City of Columbus councilmember Shayla Favor is on the precipice of making history. Favor is about to become the first African American and woman to lead the Franklin County Prosecutor...

LinkUS levy leaves Rickenbacker warehouse workers in a “red light” district

COTA’s LinkUS levy (Issue 47) could dramatically change Columbus’s transportation culture, but areas desperately in need of LinkUS’s accordion buses or other solutions may have to wait years...

Tuesday, 05 November 2024

Columbus Democratic Socialists of America Election Night Watch Party

Tuesday, November 5, 7-10pm, Classic’s Victory’s Sports Bar, 547 S. High St.Hosted by Columbus DSA [Democratic Socialists of America].Facebook Event

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Feature

05 November 2024

Millcreek Township: The Bellwether within a Bellwether (Within a Bellwether)

Ethan Dumper

The election is just hours away, yet we likely won’t know the winner for a while. The electoral college has shifted all of the significance onto seven swing...

News

04 November 2024

Israeli teens prefer going to jail over enlisting in the Israeli Death Forces (IDF)

Mahmoud El-Yousseph

Sofia Orr, 19, is an Israeli teenager who chose jail over enlisting in the Israeli Death Forces (IDF). Before turning 19, Sofia was jailed three times for...

Politics

04 November 2024

What is with Trump’s appeal to young men?

Ethan Dumper

Historically, younger voters tend to be more progressive, yet this year the gender divide has been splitting the youngest generation. While the general...

Music

28 October 2024

Bus Style Activities - Clairo

Wes Flexner aka ANONANONANON

Wes Flexner’s wcrsfm.org Radio Shows:
Wednesdays 7pm anonrocknroll.
Thursdays 7pm BSA
Saturdays...

Arts

01 November 2024

Everybody Knows brings you anti-war songs

Fridays, November 1, 8 @ 11pm
on WGRN 91.9FM
streaming on wgrn.org
Mondays, November 4, 11 @ 2pm
on...

Editorial

05 November 2024

For Freedom and Against Fear: From FDR to Kamala Harris

Diana DePardo-Minsky

On Tuesday evening October 29, 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the Ellipse, supplanting—with unifying oratory— Donald Trump’s divisive rhetoric...

People

20 October 2024

Abe Bonowitz is this year's Free Press "Libby" Award winner, honored for Lifetime Achievement in Community Activism

Suzanne Patzer

The Columbus Free Press is proud to announce the recipient of our 2024 "Libby" award for Lifetime Achievement in Community Activism -- Abe Bonowitz...

Action Alerts

05 November 2024

Columbus Democratic Socialists of America Election Night Watch Party

Tuesday, November 5, 7-10pm, Classic’s Victory’s Sports Bar, 547 S. High St.

Hosted by Columbus DSA [Democratic...

Human Rights

04 November 2024

Black Mauritanians in Ohio show everyone what welcome looks like

Lynn Tramonte

Migration is an act of courage and love. Some people want Ohio and this country to be narrow and exclusive, denying this basic human reality. They have been...