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Troupe to stage controversial take on Ferguson shooting

In a recent column in The Columbus Dispatch, Robert Cooperman talked about the challenges he and other conservatives face in the liberal-dominated theater scene. It’s a natural topic for the Ohio University-Lancaster professor, whose troupe,…

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Columbus Abolish ICE protestors released

Anti-ICE (Immigration & Customs Enforcement) activists shut down city streets around ICE headquarters in downtown Columbus, attempted to occupy the ICE office, and erected a two-story wooden tripod structure in front of the building with a…

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Many days in … an upside-down world

My recent absence from The Columbus Free Press was thanks to a family trip to the land down under. I temporarily escaped the tire fire that is modern America and headed to Australia where the kangaroos run free and the government hasn’t run amok…

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Resisting Domination at Home and Abroad: Which Way Forward?

Domination at Home and Abroad


For the progressives in the United States, June 2018 is the cruelest month under Donald Trump's presidency. The Supreme Court of the United States has delivered one painful blow after another…

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Sat Apr11 9:30 am
Hilliard Pop-Up Protest
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Sat Apr11 12:00 pm
Clintonville Weekly Pop-Up Protest