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Book Review: Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution by W. Caleb McDaniel

Since the movie Twelve Years a Slave came out in 2013, there have been a number of excellent books published that focus on slavery outside of the south, and how tenuous freedom was for free born or manumitted blacks. Both categories of books…

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Some local Landlords lose their hearts and minds as Rent Strike looms

Who’s worse than an OSU campus slumlord?


Any OSU campus slumlord demanding rent be paid April 1st, and also threatening to raise rents because they fear a large number of their tenants will be unable to pay.


A “Rent Strike” for the…

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Rod Serling and PPE drop off donation center

Social Surviving: Columbus turns within to stave off disaster

There’s an array of signs directing you to a makeshift collection depo at the back of the parking lot. At some points during the previous week cars were lined up to hand over whatever Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) they could scrounge up.…

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Joint Statement on Abortion Access During the COVID-19 Outbreak

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology, together with the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, the American Gynecological & Obstetrical Society, the…

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