People holding Yes We Can sign
01 March 2016

The election Columbus should really care about this year happens on March 15.

The 2016 primary can set in motion changes that will make a real difference for people living and working in Columbus − changes that seem out of reach...

01 March 2016

And so it begins. A 10-year pollworker named Diane contacted the Free Press. She had just gone through three hours of training and gave the Free Press her manuals. She said she had been ordered to re-take the training because she had...

Kasich giving a speech
01 March 2016

Tuesday March 15 is just around the corner and the national media hordes will be descending into central Ohio, the swing region in the swing state, to cover the presidential primary.

On the Democratic side, the slugfest between...

Apartment building blowing up
01 March 2016

City planners and everyone else for that matter are convinced Columbus is one of the fastest growing cities in the nation. Data from the US Census Bureau shows from 2013 to 2014 the region grew by 25,000 residents, and many more are...

Poster announcing events with people picketing Wendys
01 March 2016

On Sunday, March 6, at 12:30 pm, hundreds of farmworkers, religious leaders, students, and consumers will gather at Goodale Park to march to Wendy’s at 3592 North High Street to protest the chain in its hometown for its failure to...

On February 27 about 900 Bernie Sanders supporters gathered for a rally at the Wexner Center Plaza on the OSU campus and marched to Goodale Park.
01 March 2016

“Are you tired of the 1 percent making more than the bottom half of this country?” asked Troy Harris, an activist with Central Ohio Grassroots for Bernie Sanders. “Are you tired of corporate-owned Democrats and Republicans who are...

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