Columbus Freepress Local News & Events
Everybody Knows is working on the railroad
Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan talk about the importance of unions and spin union movement tunes from a serious Solidarity Forever by Leonard Cohen to Salt of the Earth with the Rolling Stones. Hear an unexpected version of The Internationale…
Statewide conference on policing
Friday, August 29-Saturday, August 30, 10am-4pm
Virtual Statewide Conference on Policing, Criminal Legal System, and Immigration. We have some amazing speakers who will touch on topics ranging from immigration, wrongful conviction, to…
Solar News This Week - August 24, 2025
USDA announces it will discontinue funding solar projects
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it will discontinue providing funds for solar and wind projects, through its Rural Energy for America (REAP) grant program. In recent…
“Titanics” to be “parked” on High Street in Old North
When trying to get a preview of what Zone In could do to Columbus’s most popular corridors and neighborhoods, it’s looking more and more likely this future of “density” will drastically alter Old North first.
Old North is also…
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This Weeks Events
Hilliard Pop-Up Protest
Community Canvassing
Central Ohio Worker Center / Centro de Trabajadores de Central Ohio