Republicans stage attack on Ohio’s universities, academic freedom
With proposed Senate Bills 83 and 117 posing an historic threat to academic independence, there are lessons to be drawn from free speech advocates of Columbus past.
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Columbus is an inadequate climate refuge
The region is geographically positioned to better navigate rising global temperatures, but current policies do little to advance a greener future.
Mass shooting transforms Short North into police surveillance zone
Looking for solutions to gun violence, city leaders opted to turn the arts and entertainment hub over to the police. The dystopian approach won’t fix anything long-term.
The Columbus woman who beat the blacklists
Anna Hass Morgan’s legacy, which has been largely wiped from local memory, should be restored to its proper place of admiration.
Why nobody trusts the East Palestine cleanup
It’s not unreasonable to question if the public and private forces that combined to cause the disaster will now follow through to properly clean up the mess they have made.
The politics of gentrification architecture
Are the ubiquitous 5-over-1 housing complexes helping solve the growing affordable housing crisis or just intensifying gentrification in the ugliest way possible?
Columbus needs to rethink its approach to affordable housing
More aggressive steps are needed to prevent an even greater housing crisis amid the city's predicted, Intel-driven population boom.
Right-wing Silicon Valley hijacking Ohio’s future
Columnist Taylor Dorrell writes that Senator J.D. Vance and big money supporters such as Peter Thiel and Mark Kvamme could play an outsized role shaping the state in the coming years.