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Coalition to Free Masonique Saunders Blocks Buttles and High Intersection

On Saturday May 4, the night of the Columbus Blue Jackets game and Gallery Hop in the Short North, the Coalition to Free Masonique Saunders blocked off the intersection at Buttles Avenue and North High Street for 90 minutes. Their goal was to…

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The Free Press Network is central Ohio's non-profit, community-driven media organization. Volunteers collaborate to support six publishing and media platforms that elevate locally produced content in central Ohio, USA. Sponsored by the Free Press…

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Are Journalists Safe? World Press Freedom Day Says No

World Press Freedom Day – May 3 – is not very well known, but freedom of the press is certainly a concern nowadays.


The United States now has the distinction of being one of the most dangerous countries for journalists in the word.…

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Doc offers incomplete portrait of controversial congresswoman

Anyone looking for insight into Ilhan Omar, the prominent freshman congresswoman from Minnesota, is apt to be both pleased and disappointed by Time for Ilhan.


Norah Shapiro’s documentary does a good job of explaining how a Muslim immigrant…

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