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Franklin County Sheriff must repeal pro-ICE policy
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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…
Historic Coalition from Washington County Takes Water Fight to Statehouse
Following a series of historic actions on March 4th and 5th, a unified coalition from Washington County held a press conference and delivered a letter to Governor DeWine and the Ohio Legislature asking for a three year moratorium on…
Announcing Immigrant Solidarity Tattoo Contest
The Ohio Immigrant Alliance is launching the Brave Of Us Tattoo Design Contest, calling on all tattoo artists and apprentices to express what it looks like to be in solidarity with immigrants at this moment in…
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