Beat the Heat Free Fan Giveaway

Cars with trunks open

Tuesday, June 6 AT 2:30 PM EDT – 3:30 PM EDT
Lifecare Alliance, 670 Harmon Ave.

LifeCare Alliance's first fan distribution of the summer is scheduled for Tuesday, July 6 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. - Please bring photo ID.
- One fan per household.
- This will be a drive-through event. Please follow signs to the distribution area. There will be no public access to the building. Please stay in your car.
- While supplies last. If you are unable to attend, you may send a friend or family member with your photo ID to collect a fan for you.

Dispatch Ignores Budget's Failings Regarding Social, Economic Justice

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There was a big hubbub a year ago when the Columbus Dispatch editorialized against set-aside contracts for Black businesses and the Black community went ballistic. Former Mayor Mike Coleman had to sweep in and rescue the Dispatch and save a shred of its credibility in the Black community of 300,000 or so potential readers.

All that dovetailed with the takeover by the Dispatch's parent GateHouse of the better-known Gannett Corp. This created an amalgam of 200-plus daily newspapers whose flagship was the national newspaper USA Today. The name Gannett was adopted for the combined company.

The old Gannett was a pioneer in prioritizing social and economic justice for minorities, women and LGBTQ. Its policies became the law of the land for all the newspapers in the combined enterprise, including the Dispatch.

Dispatch Ignores Budget's Failings Regarding Social, Economic Justice

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There was a big hubbub a year ago when the Columbus Dispatch editorialized against set-aside contracts for Black businesses and the Black community went ballistic. Former Mayor Mike Coleman had to sweep in and rescue the Dispatch and save a shred of its credibility in the Black community of 300,000 or so potential readers.

All that dovetailed with the takeover by the Dispatch's parent GateHouse of the better-known Gannett Corp. This created an amalgam of 200-plus daily newspapers whose flagship was the national newspaper USA Today. The name Gannett was adopted for the combined company.

The old Gannett was a pioneer in prioritizing social and economic justice for minorities, women and LGBTQ. Its policies became the law of the land for all the newspapers in the combined enterprise, including the Dispatch.

Miriam Vargas shares Fourth of July thoughts

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In a light-hearted red-white-and-blue moment Miriam Vargas shares her patriotic spirit as she celebrates her first Fourth of July since she was released from sanctuary in February. Although she has spent the last 3 such holidays in confinement at First English Lutheran Church due to a deportation order, Miriam’s optimistic spirit shines as bright as her blue fingernails. Recently Ally Goldman and Barbara Pratzner Baer sat down for a conversation with her about what the holiday means to her. Here are some excerpts from that conversation:

How this year is different: “This summer is super different…I was deprived of my freedom and I was just locked up in there and now I can enjoy myself and go to the park, go down by the river, go on walks, and it’s so beautiful to take Lucas (her dog) out on walks even though he behaves badly.”

Tell President Biden: Reopen our borders to asylum seekers and ensure they can seek safety in the U.S

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In March 2020, the Trump administration closed the southern border to asylum seekers, deporting hundreds of thousands of people back to dangerous conditions. Urge Biden to reverse the Trump administration’s order and stop “Title 42” deportations!  Send your message here. 

Tell President Biden: Reopen our borders to asylum seekers and ensure they can seek safety in the U.S

Tent city

In March 2020, the Trump administration closed the southern border to asylum seekers, deporting hundreds of thousands of people back to dangerous conditions. Urge Biden to reverse the Trump administration’s order and stop “Title 42” deportations!  Send your message here. 

TEVYE IN NEW YORK!: Theater Review

As Jews and refugees increasingly come under attack, the ​Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts returns to live theater with the world premiere of a play about a Jewish immigrant. Tevye in New York! imagines what happened to the Ukrainian dairyman depicted in the popular Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof, which in turn is based on Sholem Aleichem’s short stories written in the 1890s. As those familiar with Fiddler may recall, the show ends with a pogrom (race riot) that, with only a three day notice (!!!) expels Tevye and his family from their Ukrainian village of Anatevka, and those beleaguered, bewildered, wandering Jews embark on their long march to America.

Pacifica Radio Network Leadership Election Ends July 7

The Pacifica Radio Network is a tragedy for the progressive left. But there is hope for a New Day, at least until July 7.

Doo Dah Parade Returns July 4 for 38th Annual March through Columbus’ Short North

Uncle Sam in a round bike with flags in the parade

Doo Dah Parade Party
Free Live Music 11 Noon - 7:00 p.m.(maybe) at the Gazebo in Goodale Park (Park & Buttles)
11:00 The Devil Doves
12:00 Brian Clash & Coffeehouse Rebels
1:00 p.m. Doo Dah Parade
1:15 Victorious KayBirds
2:15 Donna Mogavero & Band

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