Columbus Freepress Local News & Events
Here’s what happened at the May 2024 Free Press Second Saturday Salon
Salon facilitator, Free Press Board member Mark Stansbery, kicked off the salon on Zoom, engineered by Steve Caruso. The theme was “A heart for the homeless.”
Watch the…
Republic Steelworkers Got Pensions Because of Sherrod Brown
I’m a 75-year-old steelworker, with real mobility problems from decades of hard work, especially as a steelworker. I’m living on a good, United Steel Workers (USW) negotiated pension, like thousands of my fellow steelworkers, thanks…
Ohio AG Yost is “personally sabotaging” the citizen-led initiative to end qualified immunity
As police violence continues against Ohioans, the Ohio Coalition to End Qualified Immunity (OCTEQI) believes the only way to end police violence is to change policy. And the only way to change the policy that allows police violence is by putting…
Speak up for injustice
I’ve watched the developing protests around our nation, here in Columbus,
with a feeling that some things just haven't changed.
Fifty-four years ago I’d gotten off work, was at the Neil Avenue entrance to OSU,
watching a small,…