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We’ve Always Done It This Way!

Glen Tuomaala

I was attending my first meeting of the Columbus Democratic Socialists of America on November 22 when I…

// Opinion
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In Memoriam: James Heddle

Bob Fitrakis and Suzanne Patzer

James Heddle, part of a social justice documentary filmmaking team with his wife Mary Beth Brangan, passed away in November 2025. The Free Press…

// Opinion
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Book Shelf Analysis: Tariq Ali’s Extreme Center

Wes Flexner

Tariq Ali’s book Extreme Center discusses various factors which led into Donald Trump and Brexit since 1989 from a British-Pakistani Muslim…

// Opinion
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Political Theater

Glen Tuomaala

The recent City Council tax dollars giveaway to the Fury Women’s Volleyball team is another ugly example of how decisions are produced inside the…

// Opinion
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