The Columbus Institute of Contemporary Journalism (CICJ) has operated Freepress.org since 2000 and ColumbusFreepress.com was started initially as a separate project to highlight the print newspaper ...

In a historic two day escalation, a coalition representing nine local entities from Washington County arrived at the Ohio Statehouse on Thursday, March 5 to hand deliver resolutions demanding a three ...

A new report from Innovation Ohio finds that major technology companies are dramatically increasing electricity demand in Ohio while taxpayers and ratepayers shoulder the costs. The report, “Data ...

I wasn’t surprised Columbus, Ohio’s RJD2’s new album is with North Carolina’s SUPASTITION. Supastition rapped from RJD2’s 2022 album with Philadelphia’s STS. We know there are various perspectives at ...

Last month we heard from Ohio's Speaker of the House, Matt Huffman, that if an overwhelming portion of his caucus wanted to pass legislation ending the death penalty, he was "not going to block that ...

Following the Twelve-Day War in June 2025, the United States and Israel launched a new war against Iran on February 28, 2026—an illegal war neither authorized by Congress nor supported by the American ...

Sponsored by George Lang and Mark Romanchuk, SB 294 has been called a "de facto statewide ban" on solar and wind energy. Based on model legislation from the climate-denying American Legislative ...

For the rest of us, 2026 demands a trifecta: protecting the fall elections, building a truth-based net-rooted people’s media, winning a post fossil/nuke Solartopia. Winning all three won’t be ...

As the Tuskegee Airmen fought for their place in the skies, they were supported by a dedicated cadre of women whose work ...

It's one of the single deadliest attacks against little girls in the modern history of the world. I am so angry that I can ...

This Women’s History Month, we’re diving into the hidden histories of the women and movements that have radically shaped our rights and fight back! Often erased by the media and our textbooks, women ...

Over the course of more than an hour, investigative journalist Greg Palast spoke candidly about the world’s most powerful people we never get to see — a world of insiders, whistleblowers, secret ...