“And so, it’s not only do I see my best friend, but I see y’all. I see myself. I see the world. I see the politics. I see the setup. I see the system. Now, it’s not just that I see you. It’s that I see everything.” matternews.org/culture/word...

if you haven't yet read this I hope you'll spend some time with it today.

According to hundreds of pages of emails released in May in response to a public records request, the amendment [rezoning 170 acres of land] came directly from one of Anduril’s registered lobbyists, Levi Gross. New from Taylor Barnes and Inkstick Media. matternews.org/community/de...

“He was going to change the world,” poet, author, and Streetlight Guild founder Scott Woods said near the close of the evening, pausing briefly as he looked over the large crowd still gathered. “And one thing I’ve realized is he already has. His legacy is secure.” matternews.org/culture/word...

“He was going to change the world,” poet, author, and Streetlight Guild founder Scott Woods said near the close of the evening, pausing briefly as he looked over the large crowd still gathered. “And one thing I’ve realized is he already has. His legacy is secure.” matternews.org/culture/word...

According to hundreds of pages of emails released in May in response to a public records request, the amendment [rezoning 170 acres of land] came directly from one of Anduril’s registered lobbyists, Levi Gross. New from Taylor Barnes and Inkstick Media. matternews.org/community/de...

Happy to announce I’ve joined the Board of Directors for @matternews.bsky.social Y’all should go check out all the great work, like this recent article about a school district secretly using money on an unproven AI weapons detection system. matternews.org/community/ai...

Thanks to @matternews.bsky.social for raising awareness of the dangers of Flock cameras. Columbus should kick them to the curb as soon as possible. matternews.org/community/po...

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Reupping this one in light of the Supreme Court ruling that the U.S. can begin terminating Temporary Protected Status designations for Haitians. matternews.org/community/wa...

Today for @matternews.bsky.social : A petition to ban data centers in Ohio won’t be going to the ballot this year. So here's how organizers are working locally instead. matternews.org/voices/local...

ConserveOhio has approximately five such active petitions in local communities throughout the state, Gula said. These petitions are adopting the language from the original statewide petition adjusted for specific locations and a smaller scale. New from Jules Roscoe. matternews.org/voices/local...

“So, if government officials, elected officials are getting more clued into the types of data Flock gathers and maintains, and if it’s the kind of thing that is giving them pause, then don’t renew the contracts.” matternews.org/community/po...

Thanks once again to @andydowning33.bsky.social for including my latest opinion piece on the @matternews.bsky.social site. This one addresses participatory government, specifically, citizen assemblies. matternews.org/voices/opini...

“So, if government officials, elected officials are getting more clued into the types of data Flock gathers and maintains, and if it’s the kind of thing that is giving them pause, then don’t renew the contracts.” matternews.org/community/po...

While the music maintains a freshly waxed gleam, at turns, Snarls’ words tend to be more fractured, documenting the ways people are able to reshape themselves into something new and beautiful after having fallen to pieces, like shards of mirrored glass made into a glittering disco ball.

Lane described herself as an adherent of professor and historian John Henrick Clarke, citing one favorite quote his advice to “take what you do best, and do it for your people.” For Lane, these words have pushed her to search for something beyond beauty in her art. matternews.org/culture/art/...

icymi our review of Buckeye Country Superfest from last weekend.

“It’s quite literally full circle,” said Meece. “Our friends who once housed us are now being housed at the place we walked out of. This whole last five years is just an example of the way this town, this industry works.” New from Ceili Doyle. matternews.org/community/th...

Another honor for one of the city's best. matternews.org/culture/word...

“It’s quite literally full circle,” said Meece. “Our friends who once housed us are now being housed at the place we walked out of. This whole last five years is just an example of the way this town, this industry works.” New from Ceili Doyle. matternews.org/community/th...

Somehow it's already time to start planning year-end fundraising for Matter, beginning with lining up Community Match Partners, which is always a challenge but also essential. If you know any businesses/foundations/individuals that might support our work drop the name in the replies. Thanks, all.

“It’s quite literally full circle,” said Meece. “Our friends who once housed us are now being housed at the place we walked out of. This whole last five years is just an example of the way this town, this industry works.” New from Ceili Doyle. matternews.org/community/th...

if you're hitting nelsonville this weekend, don't miss this one on saturday afternoon

“I wanted to incorporate … parenthood and getting older and the mundane day-to-day things in life. … I feel like you have to act your age in certain regards if you’re going to keep doing this silly writing songs thing.” matternews.org/culture/musi...

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“As a kid, a snake would end up in the house, or there would be an alligator in the garage. Nature was just always kind of encroaching, because [that area] had been untouched for so long.” Thomas Dollbaum performs at Nelsonville Music Fest this weekend. matternews.org/culture/musi...

As the city moves toward implementation of a 24/7 non-police crisis response service by 2030, questions remain about funding and structure, the need to hold the city accountable, and the work left to do to foster public safety in Columbus. New from Larkin Cleland. matternews.org/community/th...

With Gov. DeWine calling today for the end of the death penalty in Ohio, revisit our March feature on the issue. matternews.org/community/th...

As the city moves toward implementation of a 24/7 non-police crisis response service by 2030, questions remain about funding and structure, the need to hold the city accountable, and the work left to do to foster public safety in Columbus. New from Larkin Cleland. matternews.org/community/th...

This year, Matter News took home a combined six awards in contests presented by the Society of Professional Journalists and the Cleveland Press Club. matternews.org/community/ma...

Thank you @andydowning33.bsky.social for reminding me the Ratboys x Shallowater show is tomorrow

"And I recorded those vocals near the end of the whole album process, and I wanted to get it done so it wouldn’t be hanging over my head. … But it all worked out really well, and I remember I felt really great about it. And then we went to get Portillo’s for lunch that day, so it was a good reward.”

icmyi here's our review of Buckeye Country Superfest from this weekend.

Deeply felt and wonderfully off-kilter, Tyler Childers’ 100-minute set served as an ideal capper to Buckeye Country Superfest, which from the headliner on down cultivated a different vibe from past iterations. matternews.org/culture/musi...

Deeply felt and wonderfully off-kilter, Tyler Childers’ 100-minute set served as an ideal capper to Buckeye Country Superfest, which from the headliner on down cultivated a different vibe from past iterations. matternews.org/culture/musi...

Deeply felt and wonderfully off-kilter, Tyler Childers’ 100-minute set served as an ideal capper to Buckeye Country Superfest, which from the headliner on down cultivated a different vibe from past iterations. matternews.org/culture/musi...

“I look at it now, and I’m like, ‘Aww, look at these cute young people with their emotions and energy,’” Jados said. “Now, I feel much more mature and calm, so while I can appreciate all of that, I’m glad I’m not living through that cycle anymore.” matternews.org/culture/musi...

More coverage from @matternews.bsky.social on @columbuslibrary.bsky.social's "egregious" union-busting. CML is sowing the seeds of distrust to try and weaken the unity and solidarity of CML workers -- it won't work!

Stacy Schwab had submitted a victim impact statement weeks earlier, but she wasn’t prepared to speak when she entered the courtroom with others who testified about the harms done by Purdue Pharma. New from @jackshuler.bsky.social matternews.org/voices/it-wa...

The coming CML United vote is set to take place amid what Columbus City Council member Rob Dorans called "some of the most egregious union busting" he has ever witnessed during a weekend rally at Franklin Park Amphitheater. matternews.org/community/ne...

The coming CML United vote is set to take place amid what Columbus City Council member Rob Dorans called "some of the most egregious union busting" he has ever witnessed during a weekend rally at Franklin Park Amphitheater. matternews.org/community/ne...

Many thanks to @andydowning33.bsky.social and @matternews.bsky.social for taking the time to read and talk about Got There: Poems on Vanishing (April Gloaming Publishing) ahead of tomorrow night's in-person book launch at Prologue Bookshop.

“I know my psychologist has some dark things to say about the project,” Demaree said, and laughed. “But I don’t disappear, and I get seen at the end. It’s worth it to be part of society, even if you need to reject it at times. Family is important. Community is important. And I know these things.”

“I feel like my work always has a hidden symbolism, but with everything going on in America right now, I wanted to be a lot more direct. … I think it’s challenging the normalization of ICE coming in and removing people. It’s letting people know we’re still holding these people in a place of honor.”

She is a very good songwriter. Her Cherry Chrome album is wonderful.

“I feel like every day I’m trying to teach myself that lesson, that I have no idea where things are going.” Golomb bassist Xenia Shuman recently released the first new songs she has written in nearly a decade. matternews.org/culture/musi...

It’s very easy for owners to pay low taxes on decaying properties while waiting for somebody else to begin a resurgence. A proposed move to a land tax would make it harder for these squatters to wait. Read the latest On Development column from Brian Williams. matternews.org/voices/on-de...

Sydney McSweeney's debut album might not exist had her mother not, unbeknown to her daughter, changed her eighth-grade schedule to enroll her in choir rather than woodshop. The singer will join the Bobby Floyd Trio in celebrating the release of "A Time for Love" at Natalie's Grandview this weekend.