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The top 20 Matter News stories of 2024

Here are the most-read stories at matternews.org from Jan. 1 to Dec. 13, 2024.

By Andy Downing

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December 13, 2024

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1. What it’s like to have your photo hijacked by a right-wing disinformation campaign

2. White Power Outage: Inside a Hilliard teen’s fascist terror plot to attack the U.S. electric grid

3. The only weekend march that mattered

4. Magnetic Love: Nathaniel Jordan worked tirelessly until his death to distribute naloxone to Black Ohioans

5. As pilot nears end, formerly unhoused residents weigh next moves

6. Ohio spends billions to rehabilitate the incarcerated. Current state laws make it difficult for employers to then hire them.

7. Columbus police officer under internal investigation for bypassing Public Records

8. On the anniversary of 9/11, a reminder that tragedy can’t prevent us from showing up

9. Josh Krajcik returns from the brink

10. The short life and sudden death of alternative rock station 93x

11. Looming eviction threatens the end of Skylab Gallery

12. The Son Also Rises: Domenico Mangano steps up in the year after his father’s health scare

13. Local Politics: Sam Randazzo’s death opens void in HB6 scandal

14. On Development: Vision Zero is foggy in Columbus

15. ‘Something has to change’: The police killing of Colin Jennings

15. Fight over Bexley affordable housing build signals larger issues

17. Ohio prisoners hope to view the eclipse but uncertainty lingers

18. The Other Columbus: Is the Short North still an arts district?

19. What we’re really losing when Skate Naked closes

20. Hanif Abdurraqib reclaims Columbus on his own terms

Author

Andy is the director and editor of Matter News. The former editor of Columbus Alive, he has also written for The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Stereogum, Spin, and more.