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Tie-dye pastel colots and words 4.20 2020

Mary Jane’s Guide: 4/20 in 2020: Share. Care. Peace. Love. – Now that cannabis is essential, what must be done

“420 in 2020. The classic cannaholiday is April 20th, which as the 4th month of the year, is abbreviated 4/20. In 2020, that makes every day in April 4/20! Thus, April 20th specifically becomes 4/20/20, or 4/20/2020. Further, twenty minutes after…

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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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Words Rent Strike April 1st scrawled on a wall

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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Tue May19 4:00 pm
Worthington Rush Hour Rally
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