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Esther Flores

Being Puerto Rican in Columbus

Being Puerto Rican is complicated in the capital of Ohio. My descendants come from the native islanders, the Taínos, Spain, and West Africa. Puerto Rico was originally known as El Boriquén and the natives Boricuas. Nowadays, the official language…

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ColumbusMediaInsider: Can't Gerrymander Statewide Races

Can't Gerrymander Statewide Races


While the Republican's once a decade gerrymander hangs in the balance, it is well to remember that one class of races cannot be grotesquely reshaped. Statewide contests, which fully…

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Demonstrators rally for abortion rights in Central Ohio

On Saturday, October 2nd 2021 more than 1,000 people attended the Rally for Abortion Justice at the Ohio State House in Downtown Columbus as part of the 2021 National Women's March. Demonstrators in Columbus and at 600 other marches around the…

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Book Review: Bluff City: The Secret Life of Photographer Ernest Withers by Preston Lauterbach

It is entirely within the realm of possibility that hundreds of thousands of people have seen the amazing work of Ernest Withers, but didn’t know it. He was one of the most talented and prolific photographers of the modern-day freedom movement. A…

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