Woman with red hair and pink glasses holding up her hand like waving hello in a room with a lot of arts and crafts supplies
07 December 2016

When it comes to reproductive rights, Amanda Patton isn't one to pussyfoot around. The cat-lover-turned pro-choice activist has made it her mission to raise awareness of the attack on women's rights that is going on in our country today...

Cylinders of depleted uranium hexafluoride
07 December 2016

Radioactive Nuclear Waste:  The August and November issues of The Columbus Free Press had articles about the dangerous nature of the depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) radioactive waste – contaminated with plutonium – at the...

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07 December 2016

Jim Robinson earned a journalism degree from the City University of New York (CUNY) and was later hired by F. & R. Lazarus and Company as Urban Affairs Director and as Assistant to the Vice President of Credit Sales Promotion –...

07 December 2016

It seems that the cleaning companies who employ janitors in Columbus have awakened to a new reality: they are dealing with a fighting union. On December 3 about 750 Columbus janitors ratified a new 3-year contract. Negotiations were...

Sherri and Butch posing on each side of Ruth Moss holding award
07 December 2016

On Monday, December 5 the Free Press and Democratic Socialists of Central Ohio joined with the community to honor local activists at the annual awards event. The event was held at the HUB CDC, a community center and small business...

Trump head on a screen like a monster with silhouettes of people watching
06 December 2016

“How will the electronic vote count in the 2016 election be verified?” The answer is simple: “It can’t be.” ~ Fitrakis & Wasserman, March 31, 2016

Back in 2004, then Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb put it...

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