The 20 most-viewed Matter News stories of 2025
From the local refugee detained and threatened with deportation by ICE to the inside tale of the worker-led push to unionize the Columbus Metropolitan Library, here were the most-read features of the last year.
1. Bhutanese Nepali refugee faces deportation following April detention by ICE
3. Staff discontent with leadership continues to grow at Ohio State’s Wexner Center for the Arts
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4. Josh Krajcik returns from the brink
5. Ohio State recruiter Kieran Duhl resigns in protest of university DEI rollback (pictured)
6. Dublin Jerome High School student barred from presenting trans-centered activism project
7. Fentanyl doesn’t come from Venezuela and other truths in front of your nose
8. Targeted Ohio State professors on the damaging impact of Turning Point’s ‘professor watchlist’
9. ‘I have to be the history’: The work still isn’t done for Mavis Staples
10. Venue closures highlight fragility of the city’s live music scene
12. A growing Columbus coalition joins in solidarity with Los Angeles protesters for ‘ICE Out’
13. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds find time for joy at the Palace Theatre
14. The return of Rambling House Music Bar
15. A wide coalition unites to ‘Shred SB1’ at Ohio State University
17. The Worker’s View: Parable closure leaves employees reeling
18. Trans youth react to Nationwide Children’s Hospital ending gender-affirming care
19. Residents express fear, uncertainty as Kaleidoscope prepares to end youth housing program
20. Behind the worker-led push to unionize the Columbus Metropolitan Library
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