I am happy for Mr. Thompson in seeing the light. But biking from Grandview to Downtown being an “alien concept” that “never occurred to him” despite working for the Department of Public Safety says a lot about why Columbus looks like it does. www.wosu.org/2026-05-19/s...

“I think I’ve had a fear of stability, and I’ve had an inability to admit to myself that I want stability. And let’s start there, but if we want to go one step deeper, to admit to myself that I deserve it,” said @isaacfitzgerald.bsky.social, in conversation w/ @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social tomorrow.

"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.'”

Some weekend reading, icymi. matternews.org/community/an... matternews.org/community/in...

“One thing I could say is that these camps stick together. We may have our fallouts and we may be dysfunctional, but what family ain’t?” said Jessica. “And you will find out that you get more love and support from people on the streets ... than you do your own family.” matternews.org/community/an...

“At the end of the day, you, him, that person over there, you’re all probably one, maybe two paychecks away from being in a tent next to me,” Chastity said. “One injury is all it takes. One wrong move, one bad choice, that’s all it takes to be my neighbor, asking for a spot in my campground.”

"Most people don’t get a platform, don’t get respected or seen or known. Most people don’t get the opportunity to speak the names of their loved ones who have died unnecessary deaths to the rich and powerful."

Mark your calendars for next Thursday. 7 pm Two Dollar Radio HQ www.facebook.com/events/20510...

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.” New from @jackshuler.bsky.social. matternews.org/voices/victi...

“At the end of the day, you, him, that person over there, you’re all probably one, maybe two paychecks away from being in a tent next to me,” Chastity said. “One injury is all it takes. One wrong move, one bad choice, that’s all it takes to be my neighbor, asking for a spot in my campground.”

“When they do a sweep or something like that, you usually don’t have time to move out your belongings. … It’s a feeling of no control over your situation. It’s a terrible feeling. If you haven’t experienced it, you don’t want to. It’s like somebody breaking into your house and robbing you.”

“We were just out there trying to survive, trying to keep things dry when it was wet, or warm when it was cold. … And when you get caught, and your camp gets swept, you’re right back to square one, and it’s a never-ending cycle.” matternews.org/community/an...

This is really worth your time. The care and respect that Matter News has for these neighbors is very welcome.

Appreciate @matternews.bsky.social sharing these stories.

“We were just out there trying to survive, trying to keep things dry when it was wet, or warm when it was cold. … And when you get caught, and your camp gets swept, you’re right back to square one, and it’s a never-ending cycle.” matternews.org/community/an...

Cye made similar observations, describing HB 249 as “so broadly written” that it could be weaponized against the trans community, calling particular attention to its ban on entertainers who “exhibit a gender identity that is different from [their] biological sex.” matternews.org/community/tr...

A Franklin County jury found former Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Meade guilty of reckless homicide for shooting and killing the 23-year-old Casey Goodson Jr. in December 2020. matternews.org/community/po...

Across the country, local governments have long fetishized sports franchises that allow them to say they lead a major league city! They want it so badly they’ll throw away $1.6 million dollars’ worth of revitalization planning for a badly needed park in a neglected area. New from Brian Williams.

Across the country, local governments have long fetishized sports franchises that allow them to say they lead a major league city! They want it so badly they’ll throw away $1.6 million dollars’ worth of revitalization planning for a badly needed park in a neglected area. New from Brian Williams.

Keeping Casey Goodson's family and friends in mind as they await a verdict. www.columbusmonthly.com/story/entert...

Across the country, local governments have long fetishized sports franchises that allow them to say they lead a major league city! They want it so badly they’ll throw away $1.6 million dollars’ worth of revitalization planning for a badly needed park in a neglected area. New from Brian Williams.

“And this is not me saying, ‘We need to tear down white people,’ and I need that to be clear. It’s about tearing down the construct that says you as a white person should have power over me and my existence by having been born white. I need people to understand all this shit is made up.”

"[‘The Merton Prayer’] has the word God in it, but with some minor edits, it could feel Buddhist, or like something your therapist might tell you,” Morris said. “And it felt really comforting to me, that submission to the reality that I have no idea what I’m doing but I will throw myself at this."

“When you’re in an airplane looking down from above, you see all these identical neighborhoods, and it’s hard to see any humanity or to have any hope for the individual. … And then you compare that to zooming in ... on the people you have, and the uniqueness you get to experience, which is so sick.”

Here's a rundown of Tuesday's primaries from Local Politics columnist Jules Roscoe. matternews.org/community/po...

“I mean, one of the most revelatory and also horrifying things that I took away from this project is how everything has changed and nothing has changed.” Music journalist Erin Osmon will discuss her new book in conversation with Columbus poet Maggie Smith at Prologue Bookshop tonight.

“I mean, one of the most revelatory and also horrifying things that I took away from this project is how everything has changed and nothing has changed.” Music journalist and author Erin Osmon will discuss her new book in conversation with Columbus poet Maggie Smith at Prologue Bookshop tonight.

Great ink by @andydowning33.bsky.social in @matternews.bsky.social about the 30th annual OHIO SHORTS program taking place this weekend at #theWex! Special start time this year - 6pm. Come out and support filmmaking in OH! matternews.org/culture/soni...

Here's a rundown of Tuesday's primaries from Local Politics columnist Jules Roscoe. matternews.org/community/po...

“If nothing else, you’re going to hear us. You’re going to hear that we are angry. ... So, if we can’t do something directly about McCoy Park, we’re absolutely going to do something when it comes time to change the powers that be at City Hall.” matternews.org/community/de...

“And what do you do when memory is all you have? When history is changing? When the map is changing and dissipating?” she said. “You’re losing the name war, and memory is all you have. So, what you do with that is, again, you document it. You pass it on. You become loyal to the memory.”

icymi here's our feature from the january event postponed by snowstorms matternews.org/community/de...

“That mental jolt of feeling like, I have to make this thing right now, that’s my favorite place to create from, because it’s ... more of a dance honoring the present moment. … Sometimes you’re ideating and creating very specific shots. And sometimes you just find a window and see what happens.”

“I’ve always been drawn to artists who take a moment to actually look that awful reality in the eye … and then give us something that helps us. And that could be either a sense of solidarity or comfort in some form. Or maybe it’s just something that makes you get up and shake your ass.”

“The film program is this delicate organism that’s been nurtured over the years. ... You can’t just move it somewhere and have it be the same thing. It’s like a plant. And you can’t just pull a plant up by the roots, put it somewhere else, and say that it’s fine.”

Third year History student Murray Katkin said that he and his friends organized the demonstration to express their discontent with Wexner’s name being all over campus. “Walking between the Wexner Medical Center and the Wexner Center for the Arts all the time [is] just morally exhausting,” he said.

A plan by Ohio State to redevelop the plaza at 15th & High could mean the demolition of the film theater at #theWex and an uncertain future for the film program and dozens of events that happen in the space annually. #film #35mm More at @matternews.bsky.social. matternews.org/community/de...

Hard to overstate how many unforgettable filmgoing experiences I've had in that theater. I think something very real inside of me would break if these plans were to go forward. That's not hyperbole. Dave & his programming at the Wex changed my life

In March, the Ohio State Board of Trustees approved $2.3 million to design a ‘revitalized gateway to campus’ that Wexner Center for the Arts director of film/video David Filipi said could lead to the museum’s theater being ‘demolished’ if executed as planned. matternews.org/community/de...

In "Sidechain," set at a warehouse party on the final night before the world ends, players navigate scenes that draw inspiration from the formative years that artist Cameron Granger spent frequenting spaces such as MINT, Corrugate, and Skylab. matternews.org/culture/art/...

Columbus City Council voted to approve the Haslam Sports Group's land and money grab to secure an NWSL franchise in Columbus. There are a lot of people articulating why this is an awful deal but this article from @matternews.bsky.social sums it up pretty succinctly tinyurl.com/m6k7mttd #nwsltocbus

I requested to speak and got back an email saying “unfortunately, we’ve already reached our maximum number of speakers in opposition to the piece of legislation for which you are requesting to speak” 👀

Would I like a professional women's soccer team in town? Yes! At the cost of marginalized residents? Of course not

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 writes Rachel Wenning. matternews.org/voices/local...

Join us tonight at Two Dollar HQ with Stop the Sweeps 614 and two of our unhoused community members. The conversation kicks off at 7 pm. www.facebook.com/share/14hpqY...

When I wake up in the middle of the night, they come back to me. I think of the people I’ve reported on who are still alive but struggling. I think of the people I’ve reported on who died. I think of the people who have whispered the names of those they have lost to me. New from Jack Shuler.

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“I come from a different continent and a completely different culture, but that [bite] alone was such an amazing connection. I mean, what piece of language could have done that? What paragraph or poem? ... This was just a bite, and it created a connection between two very different humans.”

We have two of our unhoused community members joining us for this conversation at @twodollarradiohq.bsky.social on Thursday. Hope to see folks there. www.facebook.com/events/15180...