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Phil-a-thon #11
Thursday, December 19, 6-9pm
Dick's Den, 2417 N. High Street
We will celebrate the 84th birthday of the the great singer/songwriter and activist Phil Ochs with an evening of his music performed by acts from the Columbus Ohio area. Phil…
// Opinion
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When it Comes to Justice, Political Partisanship is Alive and Well in Franklin County
After nearly one year to the day when a signed agreement was made between City Attorney Zach Klein and the Whitehall City Attorney’s office for Whitehall to investigate Mayor Ginther’s exparte communication with Judge Stephanie Mingo, Whitehall…
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Fear and loathing in Columbus’s immigrant community (in English y an Espanol)
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The Mayor’s Office has never officially called Columbus a sanctuary city, but unofficially since 2017 conservatives and MAGA have attacked it as such. This was the year of new immigrant friendly policies enacted by the…
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Op-Ed: What should Biden do about immigration?
If the incoming Republican administration does try to report some 10 million or so illegal immigrants, there are likely to be some complications. Maybe a few hundred thousand legal immigrants and actual US citizens will also be deported by…
// Opinion