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Why we are suing Ohio and Kansas - We CAN Reverse Purges

The Supreme Court decision blessing the purge of half a million voters in Ohio is NOT the last word.

On Monday, the renowned law firm of Mirer Mazzocchi Julien of New York will serve a 90-...

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Group files suit against Ohio Department of Natural Resources

The Buckeye Environmental Network (BEN) has filed a lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) for withholding critical public information, violating Ohio law. Under public...

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Columbus Community Pride 2018: Back to Our Roots

Shortly after the Columbus Community Pride festival started on Saturday, June 16 at Mayme Moore Park in Columbus, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy – an activist for more than 50 plus years fighting for...

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Sunday, 24 June 2018
Come to the Free Press Salon at Comfest today
Sunday, June 24, 2:50-3:40pm Solar Stage, Comfest Music and lively political discussion with the Free Press Editor and others.
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23 June 2018
What’s in the air? The residents of Powhatan Point, Ohio deserve answers
Leann Leiter

After a gas well owned by XTO, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, exploded on February 15, it continued...
Politics
Black man holding a sign reading My vote has been paid for in BLOOD
23 June 2018
Why we are suing Ohio and Kansas - We CAN Reverse Purges
Greg Palast

The Supreme Court decision blessing the purge of half a million voters in Ohio is NOT the last word.

On Monday, the renowned law firm of Mirer...
Editorial
Young people posing outside wearing mostly red shirts with their fists in the air
23 June 2018
Ohio Students express outrage over immigration raids and family separations

The Ohio Student Association expresses its disgust and outrage at the heinous actions of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Sandusky...
Music
Words Too Many Black Bullets in America with blood dripping off the word America
24 June 2018
Is Said and Advance Party

Sunday, June 24 - Comfest
5:50 PM - Live Arts stage
Spoken Word with African Dance and Drumming
People
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23 June 2018
Enemy of the People: Mike DeWine
NARAL
After an appeal by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to an en banc session to review the unanimous...
Geek Speak
Lots of people smiling and sitting around a table posing for the camera, board games on the table
23 June 2018
Volunteer to help gamers with disabilities

Dave & Busters with Individuals with Disabilities - 6/27/18
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
3665 Park Mill Run Drive, Hilliard
Franklin County...
Arts
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23 June 2018
Transit Arts - Youth Arts Program

TRANSIT ARTS, a program of Central Community House (CCH) and the Columbus Federation of Settlements, is a youth arts development program working in...
Protest Reports
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16 June 2018
March to #EndFamilySeparation. “Stop the deportations! Not one more!”
Scott Bond

Families in Columbus Ohio, along with their children, came together and took to the streets on Thursday, June 14th from 5-7pm EST. They came together at...
Dining
Three happy people by a table outside that says VEGAN on a sign
23 June 2018
The Vegan Connection at the Solar Stage during Comfest 2018
Eriyah Flynn
June 24, 2018 @ 11:30 am – 12:15 pm
Goodale Park Comfest Weekend "Solar Stage" 120 West Goodale St.
While Comfest 2018 runs Fri Jun 22 through...
Action Alerts
Two men on stage holding their fists in the air
24 June 2018
Come to the Free Press Salon at Comfest today

Sunday, June 24, 2:50-3:40pm
Solar Stage, Comfest
Music and lively political discussion with the Free Press Editor and others.
Human Rights
People on both sides of a street protesting each other
16 June 2018
Hate group targets local mosque

A hundred or more Columbus people stood in a single file line in front of the Omar Ibn El-Khattab Mosque to protect it from a few dozen protestors --...
Feature
Black man holding a sign that says Freedom from Sexual Violence
23 June 2018
Wendy’s New Initiative: From Rape in the Fields to Rape in the Greenhouse?

On Tuesday, June 5, Mr. Nelson Peltz, Board Chairman of Wendy’s, International and Todd Penegor, Wendy’s CEO, announced their new initiative designed to...