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On Development: Too many topics, not enough time in one day
Matter’s incoming development columnist presents an overview of some of the many challenges facing Columbus, all of which will be explored in greater depth over the coming months.
Queer Columbus: Keep spirits merry and gay this holiday season
Develop your own traditions and hold your support system close this year.
Anti-LGBTQ state laws are another attack on queer and trans lives
Anti-LGBTQ bills like those currently being considered in Ohio should frighten and outrage us just as much as mass-shootings like the Club Q tragedy.
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.
What Ohio can learn from an overdose prevention site in Denmark
‘The New York Times’ referred to safe consumption spaces as ‘one of the most daring experiments in “harm reduction.”’ But when you visit these places, it doesn’t feel daring at all. It feels right.
Queer Columbus: A deeper reckoning for Indigenous Peoples’ Month
In Ohio, there are still 39 high schools with mascots modeled on Native identities. What does this say about the values being taught in our education system?
Donate to our NewsMatch campaign today and support nonprofit news
Now through the end of December, your donations to Matter News are doubled.
A transformative 2022 election appears unlikely in Ohio
With Election Day looming on Tuesday, it’s fair to question if the Republican-driven political rot in the state runs too deep to be uprooted this year.
A note from the incoming editor of Matter News
The independent Columbus news nonprofit hits refresh with a new editor and a new approach coinciding with the Nov. 1 launch of the 2022 NewsMatch campaign.
On Development: Too many topics, not enough time in one day
Matter’s incoming development columnist presents an overview of some of the many challenges facing Columbus, all of which will be explored in greater depth over the coming months.
Queer Columbus: Keep spirits merry and gay this holiday season
Develop your own traditions and hold your support system close this year.
Anti-LGBTQ state laws are another attack on queer and trans lives
Anti-LGBTQ bills like those currently being considered in Ohio should frighten and outrage us just as much as mass-shootings like the Club Q tragedy.
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.
What Ohio can learn from an overdose prevention site in Denmark
‘The New York Times’ referred to safe consumption spaces as ‘one of the most daring experiments in “harm reduction.”’ But when you visit these places, it doesn’t feel daring at all. It feels right.
Queer Columbus: A deeper reckoning for Indigenous Peoples’ Month
In Ohio, there are still 39 high schools with mascots modeled on Native identities. What does this say about the values being taught in our education system?
Donate to our NewsMatch campaign today and support nonprofit news
Now through the end of December, your donations to Matter News are doubled.
A transformative 2022 election appears unlikely in Ohio
With Election Day looming on Tuesday, it’s fair to question if the Republican-driven political rot in the state runs too deep to be uprooted this year.
A note from the incoming editor of Matter News
The independent Columbus news nonprofit hits refresh with a new editor and a new approach coinciding with the Nov. 1 launch of the 2022 NewsMatch campaign.