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Heroes of the Pandemic part 2: Frontliners do not benefit when their company's profits boom
A few tears before the pandemic struck, the Free Press covered the small group of local Walmart workers who were fed up with making $9-an-hour and forced to work on Thanksgiving night and well into Black Friday.
Aligning themselves…
// News
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Kossuth Street Garden under attack by developer
UPDATE DEC. 6: The Columbus City Council hearing on this issue has moved to December 14th, so letters are still needed!
The award-winning neighborhood institution, Kossuth Street Garden (KSG), is in grave danger.
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Book Review: Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness by Jennifer Berry Hawes
Last year, I had a conversation about forgiveness with a friend who grew up in Jim Crow Nashville. He opined that black people forgive white people too much and too soon. (I rather doubt he’s forgiven racist whites or their repressive Jim Crow…
// Opinion
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Petition Biden to reunite immigrant family
Sign + Share - #ReuniteUS!
Issa Sao turned 40 last week. It was a sad day, with his wife and kids back in Ohio. Issa was deported to Mauritania in 2018, and then fled to Senegal to find safety again. But with the incoming Biden-Harris…
// Opinion