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Health Care Policy Breakthrough: Ohio Legislators Hear Public Testimony on “Medicare for All Ohioans”
The “Offense Book of Books” kicks off their publication during three events in January.
Every once in a while something good seemingly falls into your lap. The proponent hearing on HB 440, the Ohio Health Security Act (OHSA) in the House…
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Love flourishes amid racial discrimination in ‘Beale Street’
With Moonlight, his 2016 breakthrough film, writer-director Barry Jenkins defied our expectations. If you knew the Oscar winner was set in a poor Miami neighborhood and that two of its characters were drug dealers, you still weren’t prepared for…
// Opinion
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Celebrate local music! CCC has Columbus covered
The inaugural Columbus Covers Columbus (CCC) festival, held in January of 2018, was based on a unique idea. The two-day festival would feature Columbus musicians playing cover sets comprised entirely of the music of other local acts.
The…
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Socially Just Dining: Village Taco
Village Taco just launched their new restaurant, spicing up the sprouting vegan scene in the sleepy Alexandria community east of Columbus near Granville. And WOW, they also teamed up with Doughasis and Whit’s (Clintonville) to deliver seriously…
// Opinion