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Marijuana on the 2016 ballot and who got it there

What a year it has been for marijuana policy in Ohio – so far. The stunning defeat of Issue 3 at the ballot box last year framed the citizen-led initiative landscapes for both 2015 and 2016. The infamous measure sponsored by Responsible Ohio…

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Animated take on a classic children’s tale

What happens when you want to turn a popular work of literature into cinema but it’s not long enough to serve your purposes?


In the case of Tolkien’s The Hobbit, director Peter Jackson simply padded the story out so much that he was able…

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All the way up with William Wimsatt: “Upski” takes 60 minutes to enlighten me

I emailed Upski last month because I wanted guidance about the current political climate. Upski’s books Bomb the Suburbs, No More Prisons, and Please Don’t Bomb the Suburbs have hugely impacted and influenced Hip Hop culture, and grassroots…

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Local Green Party candidates rising

At the same time Green Party candidate for county prosecutor Bob Fitrakis was debating Democratic candidate Zach Klein, a Columbus police officer with a history of questionable shootings killed Tyre King, a 13-year-old African American. King’s…

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