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Andrew Ginther and Stonewall Democrats

Op-Ed: Pay to Play or Leave the Room

I attended the Stonewall Democrats of Central Ohio (SDCO) meeting on April 7th in support of Columbus City Council candidate Will Petrik. I learned that the SDCO had recommended Petrik to be endorsed for Columbus City Council. I was…

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Rally to support prison hunger strike - Staughton Lynd helps negotiate deal

Supporters of the hunger strike in the supermax unit at Ohio State Penitentiary rallied in Columbus Tuesday, April 14, calling upon prisons director Gary Mohr to order the restoration of the inmates' constitutionally protected recreation and…

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Cartoon of police holding man on ground

You have the right to video tape a police officer; or do you?

Once upon a time if you were stopped by the police, and for whatever reason, found yourself being the victim of police brutality, even with witnesses, you would lose in a court of law based on the “word” of the police officer(s)…

// Opinion
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Rickenbacker airport logo

Columbus’ Free Trade Zone

Quietly and gradually since the 1980s, a bastion of free-market excess on Franklin County’s southernmost border has been selling-out the American worker while making piles upon piles of money for a select few. It is called “Free Trade…

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