Let’s Do Lunch

January 19, 2012 Front Page No Comments

Central Ohioans are feeling the financial crunch. However, one might not recognize the economic crisis being experienced by a growing number of Columbus residents if they went by the unprecedented amount of construction and physical growth of the city itself.

To get a clearer picture of how well families are doing, one need look no further than the school lunch line, the cash register that is.

Since access to free or reduced-priced lunch is based on actual earnings and not estimations, a look at the amount of students who qualify will tell us a lot about the changing economic situation of the Central Ohio family.

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Kwesi Low

Who benefits from a PACT?

January 12, 2012 Front Page, Politics No Comments

It is official; Poindexter Village is scheduled to be demolished. The 26-acre housing development will follow the faith of countless landmarks that were once beacons of black unity and accomplishment and the glue of the historic near-east side, Bronzeville district in Columbus, Ohio.

I will be the first to say that the neighborhood where I grew up and went to school is long overdue for some rehabilitation. With the tremendous growth that has taken place in Columbus in the past decade, there is now an intensified focus on my beloved neighborhood.

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Kwesi Low

Obama Drama: Finding the Politics in the Politician

September 16, 2011 Politics No Comments

The other day, I got to see the president of the United States of America in person. Like, he was actually a ten-minute walk from my house. I must admit, when I first heard the President would be in town, I had illusions of us having an exclusive picture taken together (Go Christina). It is undeniable that Barack Obama is a charismatic man whose intelligence propelled him to America’s Top Spot. However, I find it necessary to always remember that he has a job to do… and his main job (in his mind) from now until November 2012 is probably to get himself re-elected.

The question I pondered, as I heard the crowd roar, was how much will he be working for you if he thinks he does not have to work for your vote?

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Kwesi Low

Police State

September 3, 2011 Front Page, police brutality No Comments

police brutality image I am asking myself why in the world the nation is not pissed about what is taking place on the streets of Columbus, Ohio. I think I might have just discovered the answer.

In the past month, six black men have been shot by police in Columbus, and three of those gunshot wounds proved to be fatal. While this crushing reality is certainly on the minds and on the Facebook statuses of plenty of Columbus residents, it just isn’t getting the national coverage it would seem to merit. Just as I was beginning to think that America has forgotten about us, I realized that it is not the headline of national news because people around the country are too busy ducking fists and bullets from their local law enforcement to be concerned about what is going on in little old Ohio.