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Book Review: Art and Activism: Jazz Artists and Writers in the Civil Rights Vanguard by Jack Marchbanks
When crafting a book review, each author is faced with the unenviable task of writing just enough to pique the reader’s interest while resisting the temptation to delve too deeply for fear that…
Clintonville Area Commissioner taking legal action to force City to reveal “Zone In” research findings and other details
Three months ago on April 7, 2026, Will Klatt, who sits on the Clintonville Area Commission, made a public records request to the City of Columbus regarding the “Zone In…
The Next Strait Crisis?
Keep your eyes on the Bab el-Mandeb, or Strait of Tears, the narrow strait at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.
Twenty-five percent of the world’s container shipping passes through…
Action Alerts
Sunday, July 19, 2026 - 03:30pm
Goodale Park
The Flock audit finally came out, and if you’re as pissed as we are, come out to Goodale on 7/19 at 3:30 to make some noise and fight back!
Rally against surveillance!
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Every Vote Counts Trivia Night – Columbus
I will never forget a college student named Matt who worked with me part-time shortly before the 9/11 terrorist attacks. One day, just for fun, I asked him if he could name the five states that border Ohio. He looked at me and said, "Are you…
A Dream Deferred, But Still Alive
On March 1, 1945, only six weeks before his death, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered an address to Congress that pointed toward a sweeping transformation of international relations.
With the Axis powers tottering toward defeat…
The Performative Politics of the Fifth Estate
We are witnessing the latest iteration of a tired, dark performance. In the 1830s, Thomas "Daddy" Rice—the so-called "Father of Minstrelsy"—popularized a stage persona that relied on mockery, exaggerated buffoonery, and a calculated distortion of…
A Muslim Man Stabbed 15 Times at a Utah Mall
Police at Valley Fair Mall, outside Salt Lake City, Utah, said that Peter Michael Larsen approached a kiosk employee, asked about his religion, and then repeatedly stabbed him after learning he was Muslim. According to police and court documents…