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Esther Flores’s recent address to Columbus City Council
President Hardin, esteemed members of City Council, and fellow community members. Thank you for granting me an opportunity to speak before you tonight on harm reduction strategies for a healthier West Side through our compassionate client center…
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Sensationalism shadows ancient Ohio history, for better or for worse
Even the experts get it wrong once in a while.
Erected in 1929, on a ridge over a Maumee River floodplain south of Toledo, is an impressive statue commemorating the Battle of Fallen Timbers. It was the height of summer 1794, and a Native…
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A Major Asylum Change
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Friday, July 18, the Board of Immigration Appeals issued a major, precedential opinion that sets U.S. asylum law back thirty years. It will make it exponentially harder for…
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Reel Time with Richard: Landless refugees resort to desperate measures
To a Land Unknown is a film shaped by its director’s dual allegiances.
As a man of Palestinian descent (though he now lives in Denmark), Mahdi Fleifel is devoted to telling the stories of his people. But as a cinephile, he seems…
// Opinion