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While the Fair Food Program (FFP) continues to change the lives of farmworkers across the U.S. and inspire worker-led human rights initiatives around the world, some of the country’s largest food corporations still refuse to bring the FFP’s proven protections into their own supply chains. Despite years of rallies, marches, shareholder resolutions, letters from customers, and mounting evidence of the program’s unparalleled success in preventing abuse, Kroger refuses to join the FFP.

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How will the Columbus Black community vote in November regarding district representation? This question has become significantly consequential to the future of Columbus. 

Some argue their vote will be the deciding factor in determining whether activist candidates will ever have serious influence in the community – or if the “Columbus Way” maintains its control on policy and development. Siphoning tens-of-millions from Columbus City Schools via tax-abatements to ultra-rich developers and landlords, for example. 

Two Similar Issues on the Ballot

The grassroots activists from Our City Our Say (OCOS) have forced Columbus’s traditional power structure to end the last at-large council system in a major U.S. city. 

Dr. George Miller has owned Black Art Plus for forty years and for forty years it has been the go-to place for books on Black history and African art of varying kind ranging from paintings to prints, unique hand-crafted artifacts, figurines, etc. 

Black Art Plus was founded against the backdrop of a renewed era of Black Consciousness. The mid to late 1980s experienced a rebirth of sorts of the 1960s and 70s Black Power Movement. Black bookstores served as meeting places for Black book clubs, were a 24-hour news grapevine for information about the Black World and the perfect spot to host local, national as well as internationally known writers, poets and lecturers. Spaces like Black Art Plus served a cultural, intellectual and social need in communities that many public libraries were unable to fill. 

Sunday, September 20, 2026 - 03:00pm
Ohio Statehouse, Broad and High Streets

The rally follows the BMV's sudden decision last month to strip transgender Ohioans of the ability to update the gender marker on their driver's licenses and state IDs, as well as the wave of anti-trans rhetoric dominating Ohio's governor's race.

After challenging Ohio State University’s chalking ban at a protest yesterday, demonstrators may face student conduct discipline.

A couple dozen people gathered on the oval by the Thompson statue on Friday, September 18 demanding OSU Athletics end their sponsorship by Anduril Industries and to express their views using chalk on campus. During the demonstration, an Ohio State University (OSU) representative warned protesters that they violated campus policy.

An Ohio Youth for Climate Justice group member noted the demonstration had two goals: 1) to raise awareness for the Anduril issue and 2) to see how OSU would respond to the chalking action.

Anduril is a military facility manufacturing fighter jets, autonomous drones and artificial intelligence systems in central Ohio. Protest speakers decried their university collaborating with and supporting the military industrial complex and reckless development of AI.

Saturday, September 19, 2026 - 12:00pm
Corner of East North Broadway and North High Street

Join us every Saturday as we stand at the corner of High Street and North Broadway and protest the destruction and degradation of the Trump administration.

A new report from the Ohio Immigrant Alliance finds that the detention of Haitian-Ohioans is up 142% at four immigration jails* since the end of Temporary Protected Status. Seventy percent are incarcerated at the Butler County Jail. And, prior to August, Haitian women comprised 2% of the female population incarcerated for ICE in these jails. In August, they made up 39%.

Haitian-Americans in these ICE jails have a median age of 39 — six years older than the average — reflecting a community of established workers, parents, and respected elders in the process of being torn from lives they have built, families they take care of, and communities they serve. Many have pending asylum cases and valid work permits. None would be safe if forced to return to Haiti.

Friday, September 18, 8pm
Noor Islamic Cultural Center — South Conference Room, 5001 Wilcox Rd.
Dublin, OH 43016

Join us for an important evening of learning, reflection, and conversation about the experiences of Palestinian prisoners — their daily struggles, realities, and unwavering resilience. Presented by: Ali Milhem & Ahmad Aboukar. Between Maghreb & Isha Prayer. Light refreshments will be served. 

Everyone is welcome. Come learn, reflect, and stand for justice.

Wednesday, September 16, 5:30pm
Columbus City Hall, 90 W. Broad St.

Columbus City Council is holding another public hearing on data center policy Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 5:30 PM.

At the last hearing, 24 people testified, and the message from the room was clear: residents want stronger protections before more data centers move forward. Speakers raised concerns about water use, electric grid impacts, pollution, transparency, public oversight, and the speed of development. Several called for a moratorium while the city studies the impacts and puts stronger safeguards in place.

This next hearing is another chance for Columbus residents to weigh in as Council considers updated policy proposals. You can testify in person, virtually, or in writing.

Instructions to sign up to testify are on the flyer. If you’re planning to speak, please let us know at info@benohio.org so we know who will be there.

As parents, we do everything we can to keep our children safe. We think about what they eat, whether they are getting enough sleep, and what they need to stay healthy. And when we send them to school, we trust that the classroom will be a place where they can learn, grow, and spend time with their friends safely. 

But as a pediatrician, I also think about the things parents cannot always see. Viruses can move quickly through classrooms, sometimes before families even know their child has been exposed. Some illnesses we rarely had to think about in recent years are also becoming part of the conversation again. 

Measles is one of them. It is highly contagious and can lead to complications including pneumonia and serious ear infections and, in rare cases, inflammation of the brain. Measles can also affect the immune system’s memory, making it harder for the body to fight infections it had previously learned to recognize.