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The First Collective Iftar in Columbus, Ohio

Collective iftar is the name for the evening meal that Muslims break their fast with after sunset every day during the month of Ramadan. This year, the first day of Ramadan will fall on Wednesday…

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Jesse Jackson: My Reverend, My Brother

For 50 years, we fought side-by-side and sometimes fought face-to-face. He’s the only man, other than my dad, I’ve ever kissed, a year ago. When I kissed him goodbye he was holding our

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Solar News This Week-February 15, 2026

Trump's DOE apparently unable to function

The Department of Energy's Office of Clean Energy has lost the staff required to properly oversee about $27 billion in funded…

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Vigil against ICE

Check out more activist events here

Wednesday, February 18, 2026, noon
First Congregational Church ( E. Broad next to Art Museum)

On Ash Wednesday Clergy and people of Faith will meet at First Congregational Church ( E. Broad next to Art Museum) at noon to join in their Service of Ashes. After worship our group will gather at the Social Justice wall. From there we will cross Broad street to vigil at the ICE office for an hour. This will be a peaceful non violent vigil.

Please bring your stole and collar if you can and any…

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To see more Central Ohio activist events check out our Activist Calendar

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Map, killer robot and archaeological

Archeological surveys are a joke in this town, claim Anduril’s killer flying AI robots

A longtime historian from Pickaway County revealed to the Free Press what many had surmised. That the archeological survey conducted at the future site of Arsenal-1 was completed by amateurs hired by Anduril’s construction company. 

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Keeping hope alive

The Reverend Jesse Jackson arranged a conference call with me, his staff and others in Columbus right after the 2004 presidential election. The Free Press had reported on the suspicious election results giving George W. Bush a narrow victory in…

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Proximity

For decades, if you moved inside the corridors of American Jewish leadership, one name surfaced again and again.

On fellowship diplomas.
On donor walls.
On the resumes of rabbis, federation executives, nonprofit leaders, and Israeli…

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Trump cannot stop the mass killing in Gaza because Israel has him compromised

President Trump saying his Gaza peace plan will end the war between Israel and Hamas and launch a new era of peace in the Middle East is pure poppycock. Four months into the ceasefire, progress on implementing the 20-point plan appears to be…

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