News across Greater Columbus

Fall Makers Market and fundraiser
Saturday, October 3, 12-4pm Honest Friend Brewing, 2112 S. High St., Columbus Join us Saturday, October 3rd at @honestfriendbrewing for a Fall Makers Market and fundraiser to prepare for winter warming supplies for encampment outreach. Raffle, art fair, market, and baked goods.…

Great Guitar Gods on Everybody Knows
Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan picked some of the best and some of their favorite rock songs with great guitar solos. Listen to the show here Listen live at 11pm Fridays, October 2 and 9, and Mondays, October 5 and 12 at 10am streaming at wgrn.org or on the radio at 91.9FM and…

America’s National Security Scam Rolls On
Once upon a time the United States of America was confident that it, shielded by broad oceans to the East and West and having friendly countries that it dominated economically and militarily to the North and South, was safe from any threat by any foreign nation or even any…

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The Traffic Stop
Millions of Americans are pulled over by police each year for ordinary traffic violations. But a traffic stop in the United States often does more than enforce traffic laws: it creates an opportunity for the government to investigate a person who, moments earlier, may not have…

Participate in environmental walk/run this Sunday
Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed, or FLOW, will host their first ever 5K race and family fun run/walk on October 4th. The course takes runners and walkers through Liberty Park in Powell where they’ll see and learn about different stormwater management practices to reduce…

Klan flyers appear in Worthington and Clintonville
Ku Klux Klan recruitment flyers, dressed up as a "neighborhood watch," have been scattered across neighborhoods in Worthington and Clintonville. The NAACP Columbus Branch 3177 condemns them. This is nothing new. Flyers like these have been left at homes in Clintonville,…

Still alive after two lethal doses?
In a stunning twist of events, Tennessee failed to execute #ChristaPike Wednesday night - the second failed execution this year. Originally scheduled for execution at 10am CT, Christa Pike was granted a last minute reprieve by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.

More Than Voting Machines: The System Is Being Targeted, Too
On the morning of November 6th, 2024, as the American nation rose once again, phones lit up on nightstands, televisions flickered to life in living rooms and break rooms, and across time zones, millions of eyes met the same headline at once:

Being Forcefully Pro-Palestine Weeds The Terrible People Out Of Your Life
Being forcefully pro-Palestine is the most efficient way to weed all the worst people out of your life. It takes care of them all. Zionists. Islamophobes. Apathetic narcissists. Unthinking herd-minded right wing ideologues. Abuser-enabling “both sides” moral cowards. Emotionally…

While Gaza Dominates the UN, These Are the People Keeping It Alive
When I first saw footage of Gaza doctor Munir al-Bursh and his family kneeling beside the white-shrouded body of his son, surrounded by mourners, I thought it was an old video. It was not.
