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The New Downtown Columbus Strategic Plan
December 07, 2022

CMC unpacks the new Downtown Columbus Strategic Plan with distinguished panel. The City's new plan outlines a vision for a downtown Columbus thats greener, more liveable, and friendlier to pedestrian

From Whitewater to Mar-A-Lago: How High-Profile Investigations Really Work
November 30, 2022

This week, we unpack recent events in high-profile criminal cases, in Ohio and nationally, and explain how criminal investigations really work. How do FBI agents obtain search warrants? Does lawyerin

Columbus Dispatch Leaders on the Future of Journalism
November 14, 2022

Founded in 1871, The Columbus Dispatch remains the only mainstream daily newspaper in Ohios capital. Dispatch leaders have witnessed dramatic changes in recent decades to how news in America is gathe

The Election Results: What They Mean for Our Democracy
November 09, 2022

The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis called states the laboratories of democracy. But thanks to gerrymandering and fiercely partisan politics, many Ohioans fear this laboratory is in j

What Makes Art Art?
November 02, 2022

Nannette Maciejunes has steered the Columbus Museum of Art through two decades of growth as its leader, and safely brought the crown jewel of the Columbus art scene through the COVID-19 pandemic. A

The Long March for Equality: Four Generations of LGBTQ+ Activists
October 26, 2022

From New Yorks Stonewall Uprising in 1969, through the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, to the 2015 Supreme Court decision that declared same-sex marriage legal in every state, LGBTQ+ rights in the U.S. h

Meet the Candidates for Ohio Governor
October 18, 2022

This week, CMC extended an invitation to both the Republican and Democratic candidates in the 2022 Ohio governors race to talk on our stage about their visions for Ohios future. Republican Mike DeWi

Franklinton: From Floodwall to Future
October 12, 2022

Franklinton is the oldest part of Columbus, with a mix of residential streets and former industrial areas that are home to parks, art galleries, event spaces, and over 8,000 residents. The current res

Misinformation: Does the First Amendment Need an Update?
October 05, 2022

The first amendment of the Constitution protects our freedom to say almost anything with few restrictions. But when that freedom is abused, do we need new rules? Can truth in media be regulated? CMCs

The State of the Workforce Report
September 28, 2022

We discuss the state of the workforce in Central Ohio and what current trends indicate for the future, plus The Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio provides an overview of their State of the