Freelance workers in Central Ohio will soon have access to basic wage protections under a new ordinance in the city of Columbus. Columbus City Council is expected to vote in favor of the changes to wage protection laws within the Columbus city municipal code on May Day, Monday May 1.

Members of the Freelance Solidarity Project, which helped draft the ordinance changes, and other labor organizations will gather at the Columbus City Council meeting from 5-6pm on Monday May 1 at City Hall, 90 West Broad St. Members of the public are encouraged to attend to show support for freelance workers in the city.

The new law covers any individual freelance worker hired to provide goods or services by a business based within the city of Columbus. Under the revised code, the hiring party is now required to:

On May 15, 2023, the Palestinian Nakba will be 75 years old.

 Palestinians all over the world will commemorate the tragic occasion, known as the 'Catastrophe', when nearly 800,000 Palestinians were made refugees and nearly 500 towns and villages were ethnically cleansed of their inhabitants in historic Palestine between late 1947 and mid-1948.

When the City of Columbus apparatus (government) does respond to massive calls for systemic, progressive change, it does its best to do so in the most superficial, and often in the most hypocritical and insulting way possible.   

The City government functions as a corporation – according to Council President Hardin – wherein our Mayor acts as CEO and our City Council acts as a Board of Directors, and then consistently offers the people (the City’s “customers” if this analogy is to continue) less than half of the products we demand while trying to make us believe we’re getting the best they can offer.

When the people of Columbus demanded – twice – that our City government better reflect the needs of its citizens through a district-based Council system with substantial campaign finance limits, the “Board” opted to pour millions of dollars into defeating that effort.

Movies of the Duke, Hitch, Kurosawa, Brando, Bogie, Poitier, Bruce Lee, Bette Davis and other silver screen icons were presented April 13-16 at the 14th annual Turner Classic Movies Classic Film Festival. Living legends were on hand, live and in person, too. On opening night movie maestro Steven Spielberg discussed Howard Hawks’ 1959 Rio Bravo and more with co-star Angie Dickinson and helmer Paul Thomas Anderson at the Western’s screening in the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX (that renowned movie palace formerly known as Grauman’s Chinese). 60 years after its premiere, Ann-Margret introduced her 1963 musical comedy Bye Bye Birdie on TCL’s big screen.

The Central Ohio Reuse Coalition (CORC) will proudly join Columbus City Councilman Emmanuel V. Remy at this evening’s council meeting where Councilman Remy will sponsor a resolution committing the city to a reduction of plastic in Central Ohio and to encourage community members, organizations, and businesses to commit to plastic reduction. This follows CORC’s meeting with Councilman Remy where coalition representatives presented Remy with a draft resolution and requested his sponsorship.

The resolution comes just after Earth Day, and demonstrates the city’s commitment to reducing plastic, protecting the health of its citizens, and diverting waste from the landfill.