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Honor Paul Becker at this year's Free Press Annual Libby Awards Event
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Celebrating our 55th year, the Columbus Free Press will honor five outstanding community activists and a community organization at our November 2025 Salon and Awards event on Saturday, November 8…
// Opinion
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Book Review - Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights Revolution
To quote the blues singer Big Maybelle, “There was a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on” in 1963. It began in January, which marked the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, and President John F. Kennedy hosted a number of prominent African…
// Opinion
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"I witnessed evil": Anti-LGBTQ+ hate groups support Ohio’s public drag ban
This article first appeared on the Buckeye Flame.
Ohio’s proposed drag ban received its second hearing Wednesday before members of the House Judiciary Committee.
The hearing featured public testimony in support of the bill…
// Opinion