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Columbus is Number One! (In police killing black people)
In the years 2013-2016, the Columbus Police killed 24 people, 20 of them black.
Mappingpoliceviolence.org lists the names of all Columbus citizens killed by the Columbus Police Department (CPD). Despite only 27.6 percent of Columbus’…
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DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT
Ohio legislature considers bills to prop up nuclear, tamp down renewables
FirstEnergy has gone to the Ohio legislature for bailouts for their two nuclear reactors (power plants) on Lake Erie: Davis-Besse east of Toledo and…
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The Resistance Continues: Thousands join March for Science at the Ohio Statehouse
Because of President Donald Trump’s policies and Neolithic attitude toward women, pussy hats have become popular regalia at protests in downtown Columbus. But at the March for Science on April 22, brain hats outnumbered pussy hats. White lab…
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Doc follows real-life girls as they lurch toward adulthood
It’s no surprise that so many movies focus on the teenage years. Just think what this time of life puts us through.
After ambling our way through adolescence, we suddenly have to make crucial decisions about our future while simultaneously…
// Opinion