The Worker’s View: Upper Arlington stages anti-union ‘educational campaign’
The fleet workers voted in March to join Teamsters Local 284 in spite of the actions taken by the city.
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Opinion: Poetic Justice: A love letter to Columbus
A little over a week ago, a police officer stood in front of cameras and lied. He lied loudly into a microphone, attempting to plant evidence on my character by fabricating the cost of my suit and the brand of my shoes, all to set up a rehearsed line calling me a 'poverty pimp.'
Victim impact: Listening to testimony at work on a Tuesday in April
At one point, a woman thanked the judge for letting her speak. The judge replied, ‘It’s the least I could do.’ And the woman replied, ‘You’re right. It is the least you could do.’
On Development: Whatever happened to homegrown economic development?
Economic strategies in Ohio are more focused on helping existing corporations get stronger than on actually developing something new.
Local Politics: There’s nothing secondary about primaries
Here are the local candidates on Franklin County’s ballot this year.
Local Politics: City Council votes today on plans to turn McCoy Park into an NWSL training facility
After spending years working with neighbors and promising improvements to benefit disabled residents, elected officials are prepared to give away a 28-acre park in the poorest corner of the city for the use of billionaire investors.
Mourn the dead but hold space for the living
The work of harm reduction is only sustainable when you take time to notice those places where the light breaches the dark.
On Development: Developing better health care and hospitals
Despite the hospital construction projects all over the state, residents across most of Ohio are no closer to health care – and many are even further removed from hospitals.
Local Politics: Proposed trade partnership with Israel draws criticism
A bill to create an Ohio-Israel trade partnership is under review in the State Senate. Reactions in the city have been mixed at best.
‘I am not going to stand before God and say, well, I chickened out’: Reflections on building caring coalitions
More than three years after the City of Columbus bulldozed Camp Shameless, one of the founders of the encampment offers their perspective on the housing crisis and the people working at the grassroots to give aid to those routinely left behind.
Opinion: Poetic Justice: A love letter to Columbus
A little over a week ago, a police officer stood in front of cameras and lied. He lied loudly into a microphone, attempting to plant evidence on my character by fabricating the cost of my suit and the brand of my shoes, all to set up a rehearsed line calling me a 'poverty pimp.'
Victim impact: Listening to testimony at work on a Tuesday in April
At one point, a woman thanked the judge for letting her speak. The judge replied, ‘It’s the least I could do.’ And the woman replied, ‘You’re right. It is the least you could do.’
On Development: Whatever happened to homegrown economic development?
Economic strategies in Ohio are more focused on helping existing corporations get stronger than on actually developing something new.
Local Politics: There’s nothing secondary about primaries
Here are the local candidates on Franklin County’s ballot this year.
Local Politics: City Council votes today on plans to turn McCoy Park into an NWSL training facility
After spending years working with neighbors and promising improvements to benefit disabled residents, elected officials are prepared to give away a 28-acre park in the poorest corner of the city for the use of billionaire investors.
Mourn the dead but hold space for the living
The work of harm reduction is only sustainable when you take time to notice those places where the light breaches the dark.
On Development: Developing better health care and hospitals
Despite the hospital construction projects all over the state, residents across most of Ohio are no closer to health care – and many are even further removed from hospitals.
Local Politics: Proposed trade partnership with Israel draws criticism
A bill to create an Ohio-Israel trade partnership is under review in the State Senate. Reactions in the city have been mixed at best.
‘I am not going to stand before God and say, well, I chickened out’: Reflections on building caring coalitions
More than three years after the City of Columbus bulldozed Camp Shameless, one of the founders of the encampment offers their perspective on the housing crisis and the people working at the grassroots to give aid to those routinely left behind.