Mural with a train and peace signs for the wheels and a hand with two fingers up in a peace sign
06 August 2019

Singer and songwriter Cat Stevens wrote in his 1972 hit song, Peace Train, “Peace Train soundin’ louder, glide on the Peace Train.” Those lyrics may have summed up the growing artist community in the Hilltop, especially right as the...

Young white man with satiny suit jacket and no shirt with shaggy brown hair singing intoa ic
06 August 2019

Because I write a music column, people get the idea I am paying attention to modern music. I periodically get asked what new bands I’m listening to, and I always feel guilty when I have to tell them that I’m not really listening to any...

Older white man with gray hair and black rimmed glasses in a suit looking to the left and an insert at bottom right of a Cardinal Health building and the words Opioid Lots?
06 August 2019

Between 2006 to 2012, in the far-west zip code of 43228, each and every person accounted for 3,300 oxycodones or hydrocodones distributed. 170 million pills in total for roughly 50,000 Columbus residents.

The 43228 ranks number...

People outside next to a truck, the words #Safetis Chillin' with the folks
05 August 2019

Tuesday, August 6, 2019, 4:00 – 8:00 PM
Join us during this year’s Night Out for Safety and Liberation! The People's Justice Project will be at the corner of 24th and Cleveland Avenue from 4-8 PM hosting...

Two glasses with gold designs on the outside and red liquid inside on a pretty gold flouted tray against a wooden tabletop
05 August 2019

Temperatures during the summer months have been scorching. The last few weeks of July brought a dangerous heatwave throughout Ohio, the greater United States and worldwide. Staying cool during the month of August is achievable, however...

Rows and rows of people marching outside all with red shirts on and holding signs about Schools
05 August 2019

Columbus teachers picketed outside of Columbus City Hall to demand an end to tax abatements to corporations on Monday, July 29. They are bargaining for a new union contract to end the school to prison pipeline, reduce class sizes, end...

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