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Proponents of Issue 1: Columbus is the nation’s second most economically segregated large city

If approved at the August 2 special election, Issue 1 will end Columbus’ seven-member city council whose members are all elected citywide (i.e., “at large”). Replacing it will be a council consisting of 10 members elected from districts of the…

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Black Lives Matter march draws backlash from the shadows and Columbus police; 1 arrested

Despite an attempt to sabotage it via social media, a Black Lives Matter march went on as planned Thursday evening. Over 100 protesters marched around the Ohio Statehouse and continued to the Columbus Division of Police headquarters.


That…

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Will GOP Swing State Governors Strip & Flip Donald Trump into the White House?

As the Democratic Convention opens in Philadelphia, there’s just one one clear message that matters from the Republicans: Donald Trump will be within ten points of Hillary Clinton in the fall election. 


Thus, unless the Democrats do…

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Book Review: Being Nixon: A Man Dividedby Evan Thomas

Whenever I think of Richard Nixon, a wave of pity washes over me. Has there ever been a mainstream politician in America who was so hated, so reviled, so disrespected as Nixon? (I’m sure my esteemed editor would say that Nixon deserved every last…

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