Over the last few weeks, three Central Ohio restaurants have quietly closed their doors.…
Scotty’s Cafe has a long, proud history as a mainstay diner in the Bexley…
Matt & Tony's Wood Fired Kitchen makes its debut in the Brewery District on…
Farmers Markets in Columbus and the Central Ohio area are underway. If you are…
Earlier this year, the owners and business partners at B/Rose Beauty Bar in Powell…
North Market's newest merchant, American Nut Company, will have its grand opening Monday, Aug.…
In an effort to build awareness of the variety of public art in Columbus,…
Trying to take in all of the unique, interesting things within the Columbus arts…
The fourth-annual Columbus Open Studio & Stage (COSS) returns Sept. 14-15, 2019. The public…
While many cities in the Midwest continue to face population decline, Columbus is experiencing…
The City of Columbus is testing new technology that promises to eliminate the frustrating…
A three-year-old proposal to build an apartment complex at the Graceland Shopping Center in…
Update: The October 15th and 16th Democratic Presidential debates will be hosted in Central…
Editors note: This article and its headline has been updated to include ICE's decision…
On July 30, Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law Senate Bill 57, which decriminalizes…
Available Light launches their 2019-2020 season to the moon with a wrenching, hilarious production…
Don't expect smoked cocktails or the latest craft beer at Dick's Dive. Instead there's…
So, last weekend basically one movie came out. Hollywood is making up for that…
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. […]
CRIS 5k for Refugees 2018
September 8, 2018 12:00 pm
Kylie Harwell-Sturgill
EARLY CHECK-IN for the run will be held at CRIS offices on September 7th. We are located at 1925 E Dublin Granville Road 43229. Please enter our reception office for directions to check-in. Thank you! In solidarity with the Central Ohio’s refugee and immigrant community, we invite you to join the CRIS family at our […]
Protesters Gather Downtown, Call for Abolition of ICE
July 9, 2018 3:15 pm Lauren Sega
The national movement to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) turned up the heat in Columbus on Monday, with a demonstration that shut down traffic Downtown for two hours and ended in 12 arrests. The event gathered between 150 and 200 protesters, all of whom came with the goal to shut down the local ICE […]
