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Four black men and their principles

Local fraternity all about impacting lives

Eta Nu Nu, one of Columbus’s two graduate chapters of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., is an award-winning chapter not for the things fraternities are typically albeit stereotypically associated…

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Data center

A mountain of dirt, a data center and now McCoy Park are symbols of the South Side

A gigantic mountain of dirt and rocks on the South Side looms over the 270 outer belt and it’s becoming more gigantic by the day. 

Directly across from this mountain is a monster-sized…

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Is the DNC Giving Kamala Harris a Boost for 2028?

More than four months after Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin announced that he was…

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God, War and the Media

Perhaps theologian Walter Wink can help us understand Pete Hegseth, America’s self-declared “secretary of war” and spokesman, for God’s sake . . . for God. At a recent prayer service at…

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Action Alerts

Gutting Voting Rights Act - Rapid Response Call

Thursday, April 30, 8 – 9pm
Zoom

The Supreme Court just ripped away a core American right: the right to a fair and equal vote in elections no matter your racial background. Their ruling in the Louisiana v. Callais case opens the door to discriminatory voting maps across the country. On April 30th, join legal…

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People protesting for voting rights

Are Republicans Trying to Silence Voters in 2026 and Beyond?

We are standing at a crossroads where the very foundation of our representative democracy is being dismantled in broad daylight. As we look toward the 2026 midterms, a coordinated effort is underway to ensure that certain voices—particularly…

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Money

B.Y.O.P. Buy Your Own Politician

Columbus City Council approved 25 million dollars (your tax dollars) and McCoy Park (your property) to the Haslam Sports Group and survey teams have already begun work.

    Amazing how quickly the survey began right?Almost as if they were…
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Empire Without Occupation: Intervention, Oil, and the Reconfiguration of Sovereignty

The overthrow of Mohammad Mossadegh on August 19, 1953, stands as one of the most consequential coups of the twentieth century, marking a decisive moment in the consolidation of modern imperialist intervention. Operation Ajax was not…

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Speak Up

Students speak out at Columbus State

Students use chalk to voice their thoughts on important issues and encourage others to speak out.

Watch video here.

One participant explained the mission: "We did this because no one wants to be the first to speak out, but the…

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