Saturday, February 12, 7-8:30pm, this event will be occurring via Zoom

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Since we aren't getting together in person, we can gather for a couple of hours on the second Saturday night.

This event will feature the following:

Adrienne Hood, activist,

Rev. Susan Smith, Ohio Poor People’s Campaign and Crazy Faith Ministries,

Micharl Aaron, Driving Park neighborhood activist,

and more!

A question-and-answer period will be included.

If you have any announcements for the progressive community, contact us at 614-253-2571 or at <colsfreepress@gmail.com>.

Just how many sensible Republicans are left in the state of Ohio? For Free Press fans it’s a cringe worthy question but during these times, well worth asking.

The upcoming GOP gubernatorial primary could further expose what many are so very worried about – is MAGA (Make America Great Again) in Ohio fading or is it growing?

If MAGA’s anger is intensifying, this isn’t good news for the mostly lefty island that is Columbus, considering the region is on the verge of becoming a legitimate tech hub such as Austin, Texas, and will need to attract skilled young professionals.

Yet unbeknownst to many Ohioans is how GOP candidate and Trump loyalist Jim Renacci could win the upcoming May 3 primary, defeating incumbent Mike DeWine, considered a RINO (Republican in Name Only) by many Ohio conservatives and whom Trump wants primaried.  

Indeed, are DeWine’s days numbered, a la Hillary 2016?  

As soon as Moscow received an American response to its security demands in Ukraine, it answered indirectly by announcing greater military integration between it and three South American countries, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Cuba.

Washington's response, on January 26, to Russia’s demands of withdrawing NATO forces from Eastern Europe and ending talks about a possible Kyiv membership in the US-led alliance, was noncommittal.

Sometimes you need a reminder that human beings are capable of kindness. Come From Away—a touring production of which is now playing Columbus’s Ohio Theatre—is just such a reminder.

The Irene Sankoff/David Hein musical is a breezy and heartwarming account of what happened in Gander, Newfoundland, following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

When commercial airlines were ordered to land their planes out of fear that more could be commandeered and turned into flying bombs, the small Canadian community was forced to accept 38 or them. That nearly doubled its population and presented it with the sudden need to feed and house 7,000 strangers, many of whom didn’t even speak English.

As the musical reveals, the Newfoundlanders responded with ingenuity and generosity, providing food, shelter, clothes and other necessities. Even more importantly, they made the waylaid passengers feel safe and welcome in a world that suddenly seemed more dangerous than ever.