director/editor @matternewshttps://bsky.app/profile/andydowning33.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/andydowning33.bsky.social/post/3mzlo3cxd4k2pSpeakers at Friday’s demonstration, which is scheduled to take place outside of Trinity Episcopal Church at 3 p.m., will include death row exonerees Elwood Jones, Lamont Hunter, and Derrick Jamison. https://matternews.org/community/supporters-rally-to-win-clemency-for-keith-lamar/05 Nov 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:v2mp3e7jphtebwhpbefnk5ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzlo3cxd4k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/andydowning33.bsky.social/post/3mzlbf3ib4c2p"As a member of the group that theoretically would benefit from this sort of probe, I think that there is a little more evidence for reduced admission of Black and Hispanic individuals in our class, given that there are so few numbers of those individuals to begin with.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Nov 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:v2mp3e7jphtebwhpbefnk5ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzlbf3ib4c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/andydowning33.bsky.social/post/3mzl7my4mxk2zMatter spoke to six current OSU med students across multiple classes and racial and ethnic groups whose admissions records were among those reviewed by the DOJ. Four of them agreed to speak anonymously to prevent potential backlash from the institution. None of them agreed with the DOJ’s findings. https://matternews.org/community/politics/ohio-state-med-students-think-the-doj-admissions-investigation-is-bogus/05 Nov 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:v2mp3e7jphtebwhpbefnk5ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzl7my4mxk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/andydowning33.bsky.social/post/3mzkxxg6qkc2pThe data on growth patterns raises the question of how a region should be governed. As it is, Franklin County alone has 17 townships and 20 suburbs. What’s more, the region is inextricably linked to various townships and municipalities in six adjacent counties. New from Brian Williams. https://matternews.org/community/development/on-development-local-challenges-become-regional/05 Nov 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:v2mp3e7jphtebwhpbefnk5ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzkxxg6qkc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/andydowning33.bsky.social/post/3mzjdixj5422p"You do start to realize everyone’s struggling to figure out how to be a mom or dad, or even how to be a human being. … And I think a lot of what I’m trying to get across in what I’m writing is that I don’t have it figured out, and I don’t have the answers.” https://matternews.org/culture/music/ultra-lights-frontman-john-robinson-is-still-figuring-things-out/04 Nov 2026 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:v2mp3e7jphtebwhpbefnk5ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzjdixj5422phttps://bsky.app/profile/andydowning33.bsky.social/post/3mzixbhhdmc2p"This is a growing city, with people moving in left and right, and some of them have no idea who Aminah Robinson is, right? So, we have to be the ones to carry that legacy forward with the work we’re doing. ... I was brought into creating because it’s part of who I am, part of where I came from.” https://matternews.org/culture/art/community-takes-center-stage-in-shelbi-toones-a-village-folk-artist/04 Nov 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:v2mp3e7jphtebwhpbefnk5ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzixbhhdmc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/andydowning33.bsky.social/post/3mzgbswsb422t“So, I was just like, ‘Okay, I’m making tiny pieces that are inexpensive, that everyone can relate to, and that express the same terror that I feel.' I mean, I can’t relate to what it feels like to not have economic concerns, or to feel like the politics of this moment don’t affect me.” https://matternews.org/culture/art/forget-about-happy-little-trees-ben-lamb-translates-his-anxieties-to-axe-of-god/03 Nov 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:v2mp3e7jphtebwhpbefnk5ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzgbswsb422thttps://bsky.app/profile/andydowning33.bsky.social/post/3mzeknoswoc2rmark your calendars columbus03 Nov 2026 00:15 +0000at://did:plc:v2mp3e7jphtebwhpbefnk5ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzeknoswoc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/andydowning33.bsky.social/post/3mzdkzbmdg22mthinking about this quote as footage of that horrific jet crash becomes inescapable [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Nov 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:v2mp3e7jphtebwhpbefnk5ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdkzbmdg22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/andydowning33.bsky.social/post/3mzdfara2kc2lThe collapse of the traditional journalism model has led to higher quality writing being moved behind paywalls, leaving lower income people with less access to good information. When someone with the means to make a donation to Matter News does so, it helps to preserve access for those who cannot. https://matternews.org/community/donate-today-and-support-local-nonprofit-news/02 Nov 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:v2mp3e7jphtebwhpbefnk5ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdfara2kc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/andydowning33.bsky.social/post/3mzbbtvj53s26It’s an incredible feeling to look back over the last four years and be able to say that the faith I had in taking this job has been backed by that of the wider Columbus community. This is a publication that only exists because your actions have shown that you believe it is one worth supporting. https://matternews.org/community/donate-today-and-support-local-nonprofit-news/01 Nov 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:v2mp3e7jphtebwhpbefnk5ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbbtvj53s26https://bsky.app/profile/andydowning33.bsky.social/post/3mzc3xktxxc2qPoets for Matter returns to Two Dollar HQ on Dec. 2 with another massive lineup. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DddaiTiad/?mibextid=wwXIfr02 Nov 2026 00:46 +0000at://did:plc:v2mp3e7jphtebwhpbefnk5ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzc3xktxxc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/andydowning33.bsky.social/post/3mzbeayped22yThe next two months will help to secure our next year of publication. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Nov 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:v2mp3e7jphtebwhpbefnk5ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbeayped22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/andydowning33.bsky.social/post/3mzbbtvj53s26It’s an incredible feeling to look back over the last four years and be able to say that the faith I had in taking this job has been backed by that of the wider Columbus community. This is a publication that only exists because your actions have shown that you believe it is one worth supporting. https://matternews.org/community/donate-today-and-support-local-nonprofit-news/01 Nov 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:v2mp3e7jphtebwhpbefnk5ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbbtvj53s26https://bsky.app/profile/andydowning33.bsky.social/post/3mz3xkk5u2s2q“I think I was looking at the idea of trying to keep connection despite distance, both in an emotional way and also in the literal way with partners, or with my parents and other people in my family who are not doing great health-wise. And being on the road with that is not awesome.” https://matternews.org/culture/music/friko-expands-on-its-sound-delivers-something-worth-waiting-for/30 Oct 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:v2mp3e7jphtebwhpbefnk5ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3xkk5u2s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/andydowning33.bsky.social/post/3myzkt535722x“And then my friend worked at a plant shop … and the owner retired and she bought the business. And I was like, ‘Hey, did you know your shop is in the first scenes of “Friday the 13th: Part 2”?’ And she was like, ‘I did not know, but I bet Rob Zombie does, because he came in a few days ago.’” https://matternews.org/culture/music/sadie-dupuis-and-dylan-baldi-bring-horrors-real-and-fantastical-to-two-dollar-radio-hq/29 Oct 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:v2mp3e7jphtebwhpbefnk5ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzkt535722xhttps://bsky.app/profile/andydowning33.bsky.social/post/3myzic334ec2x“In determinism, consequences and outcomes are the whole thing. So, there will be consequences for what he did, and there will be outcomes for what he did. And it makes them absolute and not optional.” https://matternews.org/community/the-preachers-son-daniel-budd-begins-to-find-his-way-back/29 Oct 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:v2mp3e7jphtebwhpbefnk5ea/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzic334ec2x