Picture of serpent mound
16 June 2016

The summer solstice of course is June 21st and we need to honor those who perhaps best celebrated Mother Earth’s longest day: Native Americans. While not definitively known, the summer solstice’s most sacred Ohio celebration in...

Person sitting with head in their hands
02 June 2016

A joint report released in May by the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio (ACLU) and Disability Rights Ohio informed us that “Solitary confinement is torture” and that “ninety-five percent of people who go to prison are one day...

Many people holding boxes
02 June 2016

After a five-year long struggle, the grassroots effort to give a voice to more Columbus residents will finally come to a public vote at a special election on August 2 this year. The charter amendment would expand Columbus City Council...

Mug shot of disheveled white guy with long hair next to money and drugs
01 June 2016

In a way, corrupt cop Tye Downard, along with his wife and children, are also victims of the war on drugs.

Downard was a 20-year decorated Reynoldsburg police...

Radioactive symbol
31 May 2016

In 2013, a group of Columbus citizens became RadioactiveWasteAlert.org when we learned that the Ohio EPA had permitted a local business to “recycle” frack drill cuttings (the dirt, rocks, sludge from a frack bore hole)...

Medical marijuana sign
31 May 2016

The medical marijuana bill passed May 25 by the Ohio Senate with a vote of 18-15 did not inspire ground swelling support from the cannabis activist community.

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