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Columbus to Baltimore - Solidarity rally for justice
Hundreds of Columbus citizens marched in solidarity with the demonstrators in Baltimore asking for justice for Freddie Gray, who was killed while in police custody. The protestors started at the OSU Student Union and marcheddown High Street…
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Columbus citizens ask for a raise in the minimum wage on May Day
The Central Ohio Worker's Center planned and numerous other local organizations supported a march and rally to raise the minimum wage in Columbus on May Day, May 1st. See the photo slide show below. (Photos by Bob Studzinski)
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Khari Enaharo is the “Sex Code War” General
A Black man in Columbus fatally shot the mother of his children and her brother. Recently another Black man fatally shot his 28 year old ex-girlfriend in front of their children in Chicago, Illinois. What is the reason for this behavior…
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Biography of a man who photographs the world’s sorrows
The Salt of the Earth may be the most gut-wrenching journey you’ll take this year. Also, the most moving.
The documentary is about Sebastiao Salgado, a Brazilian-born photographer who has devoted most of his career to…
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