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Ohio is 2022’s most successful voter suppression campaign: Anti-democracy in action
Lost in the attention accorded to the flurry of right-wing Republican legislatures’ passing and governors’ signing blatantly partisan and extralegal redistricting bills—and, in a growing number of states, both state and federal courts ruling them…
Corrupt and Unethical Columbus Politics puts Chicago’s Corruption to Shame
Joe Motil, former Columbus City Council candidate and longtime community advocate who has begun circulating petitions to run for Mayor in the 2023 Mayoral primary election attended today’s Little Turtle “Thumbs Down” save the Turtle event. Mr.…
Now Accepting Submissions: Ohio Migration Anthology, Volume 2
Our first volume of the Ohio Migration Anthology, “Far From Their Eyes,” was a huge success! Check out some of our media coverage and pick up your copy here.
Last year the Columbus Free Press republished a chapter from the first volume…
If Anti-Trans lawmakers got their way, I might not be alive today
Over half of young trans people have contemplated suicide. Now up to a third of us could lose the care that’s been proven to prevent it.
In states across the country, small-minded lawmakers are pushing cruel, vicious new bills targeting…