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Private Equity is Consuming Columbus
Jordan McLaughlin has lived in Columbus 15 years. He saved up money while renting and made the decision to buy a house. “I put in bids that were well above the asking price, but just kept getting beat by others making all cash offers without any…
Sing Down the Doors at Target
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Fifteen or so of us from the Columbus Mennonite Church and elsewhere gathered yesterday (2-22-2026) at 2:00 p.m. at the Target store at the Graceland Shopping Center in Columbus, Ohio for a "Sing Down the Doors"…
From Patent to Place
Every February, we rediscover inventors. We share portraits, post quotes, and remind one another of names that were overlooked. For a moment, history expands. Then March arrives.
Granville T. Woods held more than fifty patents related to…
Statement about Connor Grubb
Friday, February 20, Blendon Township used $150,000 in taxpayer money to send Connor Grubb out the door with a clean record. This is a man who drew his weapon on an unarmed pregnant woman over a shoplifting allegation, positioned himself in front…
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This Weeks Events
4th amendment canvassing training
Central Ohio Worker Center / Centro de Trabajadores de Central Ohio