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Rally to Protest the Brutal Beating of Timothy Davis in Columbus

It is not easy being number one. Columbus is the best in the nation at only one thing. When it comes to the killing of black people, the Columbus Police Department is the New York Yankees, a dynasty team of history. Although they end more black…

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Bob Bites Back: The Nazis Next Door

Why does it seem, ever since the Charlottesville incident, that so many racist roads lead to Ohio? James Alex Fields, Jr. of Maumee, Ohio, ran his car into the counter-protestors, killing Heather Heyer and injuring several others. The “Huffington…

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What’s the diagnosis for the Ohio Drug Price Relief Act (Issue 2)?

Free Press readers asked us to analyze The Ohio Drug Price Relief Act (Issue 2), the issue that is running so many TV commercials this election season. Ad campaigns on both sides are more confusing than usual. Progressive voters will lean towards…

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Having a little brown sugar with your coffee and morning ablutions

Thank god there are no statues to the Rolling Stones.


Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields

Sold in the market down in New Orleans

Scarred old slaver knows he's doin' alright

Hear him whip the women just around…

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