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Feminism has a crucial role to play in modern life, but I sometimes wish it would leave our fairy tales alone. The results of its revisionist meddling are too often unconvincing and unsatisfying.
Remember last year’s Maleficent? It turned an age-old story on its head by revealing that the fairy (Angelina Jolie) who turned a princess into a “Sleeping Beauty” was not evil at all. No, she was merely wronged and misunderstood. Worst of all, we learned that the somnambulant princess could not be awakened by a kiss from the handsome prince, but only by a motherly peck from that same fairy.
How heartwarming. And how utterly unromantic.
Thank goodness Disney’s new live-action version of Cinderella doesn’t wear its feminism on its sleeve. It has nods to modern sensibilities, to be sure, but they’re handled with a lighter touch.
Satuday, July 25, 3-9pm
Public Square, Mt. Vernon, Ohio
Sometimes you have to think outside the County. Flip the 12th Music Festival is a collaboration with several counties in OH 12, and the main goals are to register voters, boost morale, connect individuals with progressive groups and candidates, and to elect our first democratic representative in over 40 years!
A full day filled with music, food trucks, community, fun, and, of course, the candidates and their representatives! Join with District 12 constituents, music and democracy lovers, and the Common Good Coalition to gain momentum for flipping OH 12 blue in 2026. This is a family friendly event.
Main Stage
Cedars Brothers • Imber Solis • Jeff Tobin and the 1099s • Low T •Sarah Cowan • Takes A Village • The Fronks • Victorious KayBirds
Acoustic Stage
Acoustic Power Venture • Andrew Lee • Ashley Gulla • Billy Bones & The Overtones • David Eidelberg • Echo • Grace Oddo • Haley Blasing • Lisa Gain • Matthew Morgan • Rob Mosbacher • Vernon Schubel
Twenty-four people provided testimony on draft data center policy proposed by Columbus City Council’s Public Utilities and Sustainability Committee Wednesday night. The community overwhelmingly called for a moratorium and stronger protections, with residents, engineers, and representatives of environmental groups urging City Council to stop the rapid expansion of data centers until stronger safeguards are in place.
Columbus residents and activists gathered at City Hall on July 22nd to voice their concerns about data centers in central Ohio. The Public Utilities & Sustainability Committee presented a proposed data center policy package with drafts on water, sewer, and decommissioning codes. Speaker after speaker called for a moratorium until comprehensive studies are completed and protective measures enacted, for stronger environmental protections, and greater transparency on any new data centers.
Thursday, July 23, 2026 - 5:45pm
Whetstone Public Library, 3909 North High Street
Simply Living will present the award-winning documentary film FIX IT: Healthcare at the Tipping Point on Thursday, July 23rd at 5:45 pm at the Columbus Public Library’s Whetstone Branch, 3909 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43214. A discussion about the film and about health care issues generally will follow the showing! There is no admission fee, but registration is requested. Please REGISTER SOON!
FIX IT: Healthcare at the Tipping Point is a powerful documentary that takes an in-depth look into how our dysfunctional health care system is damaging our economy, suffocating our businesses, discouraging physicians, and negatively impacting on the nation’s health, while remaining un-affordable for a third of our citizens.
Columbus activists gathered by Columbus City Hall on Saturday, July 18 to participate in a National Day of Action to demand justice for victims of ICE and to advocate for the abolition of the agency.
The protest was in response to the recent ICE killings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston and Joan Sebastian Durán Guerrero in Maine. ICE admitted neither man was the actual target of their attacks.
Protestors held signs and banners and marched up Broad Street.
ICE continues to operate in central Ohio. See ICEWatch for updated information.
Wednesday, July 22, 2026 - 5:30pm
Columbus City Hall, 90 W. Broad St.
Columbus City Council’s Public Utilities and Sustainability Committee will be holding a public hearing on July 22 at 5:30 pm at Columbus City Hall, where the community will have the opportunity to weigh in on proposed data center policy. The policy has not yet been shared with the public, but Councilmember Wyche’s office has assured us it will be available for review in advance of the hearing and that additional opportunities for public input will be forthcoming.
Today marks a sobering milestone in the fight for government transparency and civic freedom in Ohio: exactly 228 days have passed since final briefs were submitted to U.S. District Judge James L. Graham on December 5, 2025, in the critical federal lawsuit Brown v. Yost. As we await Judge Graham's ruling on the permanent injunction, the systemic harm caused by former Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost continues to cast a long shadow over the state's democratic landscape.
"For 228 agonizing days, the fundamental constitutional rights of Ohio citizens have been held in limbo," stated Cynthia Brown, Chair of the Protecting Ohioans' Constitutional Rights Committee. "Dave Yost’s routine weaponization of his office to repeatedly reject citizen-led initiatives is a direct assault on the First Amendment and the democratic process itself. By blocking amendments designed to eliminate unearned shields like qualified immunity, Yost chose to protect a broken system over the people."
Many are aware private equity has purchased thousands of single-family homes in Columbus and now renting them at rates many struggle to afford.
Arguably worse is how these private equity companies such as Homes for America, VineBrook and Blackstone have been keeping a dirty little greedy secret: They are deliberately leaving a substantial number vacant during Columbus’s unprecedented housing affordability crisis.
Mayor Ginther and City Council have echoed time and time again: We need to build more housing. Yet they have never called out how private equity is deliberately keeping an unknown number “homeless,” so to speak.
“Private equity treats them like stocks is the best comparison,” says Jordan McLaughlin, who’s leading the grassroots effort Evict Private Equity Columbus, and pictured above. “Think of them as a place to plant their money. Wait for a while for the market price to increase and then sell it. They don’t want to put someone in there who they think can destroy the property and lower its property value.”
Jeni's is generously hosting an Ice Cream Social fundraiser from 5-7 pm on Monday July 20 at the Clintonville location (4247 N. High St.) ! Come grab some scoops, chat with other worker center folks, and know that 25% of all purchases help fund our work!
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¡Jeni’s Icecream está generosamente organizando una recaudación de fondos de helados de 4 a 7 pm el lunes 20 de julio en la ubicación de Clintonville (4247 N. High St.)! ¡Ven a disfrutar de unos helados, charlar con otros miembros del centro de trabajadores y saber que el 25% de todas las compras ayuda a financiar nuestro trabajo!
Sunday, July 19, 2026 - 03:30pm
Goodale Park
The Flock audit finally came out, and if you’re as pissed as we are, come out to Goodale on 7/19 at 3:30 to make some noise and fight back!
Rally against surveillance!