Residents did not speak at a City Council hearing this week merely to express discomfort with new technology. They presented an evidence-based argument that the current system is inadequately governed, vulnerable to abuse, and capable of uses far beyond the narrow public-safety examples emphasized by its defenders.
In the wake of the overdose catastrophe, more Americans should be aware that addiction is not a moral failing, and that the overdose crisis was generated by policy failures.
The ongoing data center construction boom has our columnist asking himself some questions.
The Columbus City Council is seeking public testimony ahead of an early August hearing on the future of Flock, a license-plate-reading surveillance camera system.
‘We’re really at a standstill,’ one barista said.
Times of uncertainty and fear can foster societies of care.
With the City Council presenting its draft proposal for municipal data center policy this week, residents must seize the moment to demand meaningful safeguards that will actually minimize the climate impacts of data centers.
With Ohio considering expanding train access, our columnist reports on a summer spent riding the rails.
The city needs to find ways to support economic development and build more housing without so readily awarding tax breaks, and that means bringing in new perspectives.
A petition to ban data centers statewide won’t be going to the ballot this year. So organizers are working locally instead.
