A new cafe will join the lineup of business populating South High Street in…
Momo Ghar and Flowers & Bread will not be moving forward with their plans…
Heading towards the finish line in early March before the coronavirus pandemic put the…
Shaundretta House Boykins was raised in an entrepreneurial household, with two grandparents who were…
As many businesses work to reopen after being shut down during the Coronavirus Pandemic,…
The coronavirus pandemic has shuttered many businesses across the country. In Ohio, non-grocery retailers…
On Wednesday, July 1, the removal of the Christopher Columbus statue located at City…
When Executive Artistic Director Mark Phillips Schwamberger envisioned recrafting Evolution Theatre into Central Ohio’s…
Every piece of our lives changed with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Theater…
Access to rentable electric scooters in Columbus was taken away completely - at the…
Editor's Note 6/7/2020: This article has been updated to include additional information on the…
The Numbers
COVID-19 cases — As of Sunday, July 5, 8,215 cases and 338 deaths from…
The Matriots PAC has announced their endorsement of 63 women who are running for Ohio…
By Tyler Buchanan
A website dedicated to giving Ohioans a transparent look at the state’s finances…
By Tyler Buchanan
George Floyd had only been dead for a few days, and Mount Eaton…
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Welcome to the weekend. Things are a different for this Independence Day for things…
Immigration, Racism, and Xenophobia: A Historical Perspective
Compare immigration trends, attitudes, and policies in the U.S. between the turn of the 20th century and today with Anthony DeStefanis, an Associate Professor of History, from Otterbein University. Learn about the racism and xenophobia that developed then and how it relates to modern times. For ages 18 and up. Registration date for this event […]
Ohio May Force Sanctuary Cities to Cooperate with ICE
January 27, 2020 9:07 am
Ohio Capital Journal
By Jake Zuckerman Ohio House Republicans resumed a push last Thursday to force local law enforcement to cooperate with federal authorities seeking to deport illegal immigrants. Should local governments fail to comply with requests from the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to detain suspected illegal immigrants for up to 48 hours, House Bill 169 would cut […]
Edith Espinal Denied for Stay of Removal
August 29, 2019 10:18 am
Taijuan Moorman
Editors note: This article and its headline has been updated to include ICE’s decision to deny Espinal’s application for Stay of Removal on Thursday, Aug. 29. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has denied Edith Espinal’s application for a Stay of Removal. The application would have halted Espinal’s deportation order, allowing her to go home while she […]
Opinion: What do we Stand for Anymore?
June 24, 2019 11:24 am
Lauren Sega
Today I cried for the first time since Christine Blasey Ford gave her testimony in front of Congress. It was that same bubbling over of empathy I felt, when I placed myself where she was and imagined telling the hardest truth I’d ever tell in front of an indifferent and toxic congregation. I guess some […]
Ohio Immigrant Community Braces for Mass Roundups Rumored for Next Week
June 21, 2019 3:48 pm Lauren Sega
Update 3:20PM 6/22/19 — President Trump stated that he will delay the ICE raids. If it comes to fruition, President Donald Trump’s tweet warning of the removal of “millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States” has major implications for the local immigrant community. The announcement, later confirmed by Immigration […]
Undocumented | Edith Espinal Fights to Remain With her Family in Ohio
February 19, 2019 12:41 pm Lauren Sega
Edith Espinal, an undocumented resident of Columbus who’s been in sanctuary at Columbus Mennonite Church, marked her 500th day in sanctuary on Valentine’s Day. Living inside a church, unable to leave for groceries, a date with her husband, or to visit her son when he was in the hospital last year has taken a toll […]
Long-Time Ohio Resident Faces Deportation to Country that Once Enslaved Him
November 16, 2018 3:16 pm Lauren Sega
Amadou Sow sits in a jail cell at the Morrow County Correctional Facility. He hasn’t committed a crime, not since he came to the United States in 1991, but it’s where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has kept him detained since his routine check-in back in August. His lawyers are fighting for an emergency stay. […]
