63 Years Later: Taxation Without Participation
By Ronda Watson Barber, Publisher | OhioMBE Sixty-three years after the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Black taxpayers […]
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New Superintendent. Same Administration. What Has Changed?
By Ronda Watson BarberPublisher, OhioMBE A reader recently shared an observation about Columbus City Schools Superintendent Dr. Angela Chapman that
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They Still Don’t Get It
By Ronda Watson Barber Publisher, OhioMBEOhio’s Largest Black-Owned Business Newspaper Sometimes the response tells you more than the original problem.
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Who Is Making Decisions for Our Black Children?
By Ronda Watson BarberPublisher, OhioMBEOhio’s Largest Black-Owned Business Newspaper Eastmoor Academy is getting a $2.5 million investment in Griffin Field.
What Changed, Columbus City Schools?
By Ronda Watson BarberPublisher, OhioMBEOhio’s Largest Black-Owned Business Newspaper Columbus City Schools has announced a $2.5 million investment in Griffin
The Power of Black Media: Why I Refused to Stop Asking
By Ronda Watson Barber Publisher, OhioMBEOhio’s Largest Black-Owned Business Newspaper For more than four months, one question stayed with me.
The Grass Was Never the Issue
By Ronda Watson BarberPublisher, OhioMBE For months, OhioMBE has been asking Columbus City Schools why Griffin Field was being left
The Audit Didn’t Start the Story. It Confirmed It.
By Ronda Watson BarberPublisher, OhioMBE When the forensic audit into Columbus City Schools became public, many people reacted with shock.
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The $40 Million Question
By Ronda Watson BarberPublisher, OhioMBE I’m not buying it. I’m not buying the idea that a billion-dollar school district’s reported
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CCS Needs a Bill Moss
By Ronda Watson BarberPublisher, OhioMBE There are elected officials who occupy a seat. Then there are elected officials who own
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A Bid Shouldn’t Require a Username and Password
By Ronda Watson BarberOhioMBE Publisher Recently, I decided to review a contracting opportunity issued by Columbus City Schools. Not submit
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The More They Explain, the More Questions I Have
By Ronda Watson BarberPublisher, OhioMBE Over the past several months, I have exchanged emails with Columbus City Schools regarding Griffin
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Public Records Were Produced. Accountability Wasn’t.
By Ronda Watson BarberPublisher, OhioMBE When I wrote Columbus City Schools Superintendent Dr. Angela Chapman and the Board of Education
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Silence Is Also an Answer
More Than 30 Days Later, Columbus City Schools Still Hasn’t Responded About Griffin Field By Ronda Watson BarberPublisher, OhioMBE Sometimes
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When Columbus Won’t Hire Columbus
By Ronda Watson BarberPublisher, OhioMBE The City of Columbus wants minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, veteran-owned businesses, and LGBTQ-owned businesses to