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Fighting for the Right to Choose Our City Council
It was standing room only Monday, March 23 as over a hundred motivated voters gathered to learn how to pass a needed ballot issue. Was this just an angry and disorganized mob of disgruntled voters?
No, it was a motivated and well-organized…
Letter to the Editor - Finishing the Work of Ohio’s President Ulysses S. Grant
As we approach our Statewide Day of Action on March 28, we believe this perspective on Ohio's own Ulysses S. Grant and the "Right to a Remedy" is vital for your readers in Columbus and beyond.
From 1871 to 2026:
Ending the Era of…
Franklin County Sheriff must repeal pro-ICE policy
Read the Columbus Dispatch story here or here (behind paywall).
The Columbus Dispatch exposed the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office’s booking policy and how jail officials work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Despite the City…
Leslie Wexner made his fortune selling underwear – or was it something far more sinister?
Leslie Wexner made his fortune selling underwear. Something most of Central Ohio weirdly took pride in, but now it is unraveling, and it was the Free Press’s Bob Fitrakis who was first to question how an underwear salesman could become one of the…