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Bob Bites Back: Let the People Vote and End Crony Capitalism

Ohio’s corrupt voter registration system must be reformed. The Dispatch got it right in an editorial that began by saying “Ohio lawmakers should take up Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s request to make voter registration automatic.”


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Teacher's march against tax abatements

Rev. Gary Witte calls out the ones responsible for the tax abatements that take money from the Columbus city schools. On April 24, approximately 400 Columbus school teachers marched to the headquarters of one of the local corporations that has…

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Welcome to the strangest bad-music review you will ever see

No names will be mentioned, nor place of performance. No band name, no bar name, no set list. This...group...is real. It exists. It must never see this review.


Because I don't want to hurt their feelings. Nor do I want to die. One of 'em…

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The Six-Week Abortion Ban: An Attack on Ohioans and Roe V. Wade Alike

Last month, Ohio governor Mike DeWine signed controversial Senate Bill 23into law. The law, which bans abortion as soon as six-weeks into a pregnancy, is an almost total ban on the procedure, as many people do not even know that they are pregnant…

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This Weeks Events

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Protest/Rally
Fri Apr3 3:00 pm
Ohio State must drop Wexner's name
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Music
Fri Apr3 6:00 pm
Ace 614 Immigation Solidarity Benefit Show
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Protest/Rally
Sat Apr4 9:30 am
Hilliard Pop-Up Protest