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Hundreds at Bexley No Kings rally

Bexley really turned up today for a "No Kings" demonstration! We were there just a bit after 1pm for the rally at East Broad Street and Drexel Avenue, and joined between 400-500 people waving signs, banging drums, chanting O-H-I-O Donald Trump has got to go! There was inspiring diversity…
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In Memoriam: James Heddle

James Heddle, part of a social justice documentary filmmaking team with his wife Mary Beth Brangan, passed away in November 2025. The Free Press will forever be indebted to Jim and Mary Beth for documenting the election integrity movement that began after the stolen 2004 presidential election in…
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In Memoriam: Michael A. Eckhardt, Sr. – Poet and Warrior

The Columbus Free Press lost a member of our community Saturday, November 15, 2025. Michael Eckhardt passed on to the spirit world after a courageous journey battling lung disease. Michael wrote for the Free Press since the 1990s, covering Native American topics, particularly his work with the…
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OSU encampments: Which side are you on? War or peace

We constantly hear the media and officials refer to the OSU student encampment as “pro-Palestinian.” We counter by suggesting it should be called a peace movement by students simply asking that, as stakeholders in the university, their tuition money is not spent to kill innocent civilians. Their…

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