Defending academic freedom, shared governance, the economic security, the rights of all those who teach or conduct research in higher education, advocating for the interests of the broader communit…

The Right and I agree on the potential of universities as a space in which students develop ideas that can transform the world. The difference is, they want to stamp it out, and I want to encourage it...

The fabric of Ohio State’s diversity, equity and inclusion programming has begun to unravel following Thursday’s University Senate meeting.  Inside Drinko Hall’s Saxbe Auditorium, Ohio State President...

Do we stand for “civil obedience” or defend the freedom to speak against genocide?

Republican lawmakers push for conservative professors to counter purported leftwing indoctrination in schools

A growing number of Republican legislators are using their power in the name of intellectual diversity to get right-leaning professors in front of all students, at conservative-leaning civic centers.

A video released Wednesday by a conservative media organization suggests Ohio State is ignoring a state-imposed diversity, equity and inclusion ban, based on an interview of a single Ohio State employ...

On Monday, Feb. 9, Luke Perez, an assistant professor at Ohio State University, was captured on camera tackling a filmmaker to the ground. The next day, he was placed on leave pending an investigation...

Liliana Rivera Baiman has worked to build progressive movements alongside workers and working families for over 18 years.   Born in rural San Luis Potosí, Mexico, she immigrated to the U.S. as…

If you saw an armed stranger forcing his way into your neighbor's home at dawn, would you have the right to stop him?

AAUP President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement in response to the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday, January 24.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents terrorized Columbus today, trolling parking lots and arresting people in various parts of the city. Officials with the City of Columbus, including the ...

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They are the largest hate group in America, wrapping themselves in the red-white-and-blue of the flag, marching into the middle of American cities and claiming to be patriots.

“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."

We are the reporters, photographers and digital producers of The Columbus Dispatch and Newark Advocate, two of the oldest news organizations in Central Ohio. We are fighting for our own futures and th...

Event in Columbus by Matter on Wednesday, December 10 2025 with 161 people interested.