Columbus police failed to seek evidence in officer’s drunken fatal crash, documents show
April 18, 2024 for The Columbus Dispatch
Columbus police investigators failed to pursue evidence that may have resulted in more serious criminal charges against an off-duty police officer who fled the scene after a fatal drunken-driving crash, a Columbus Dispatch investigation found.
Immigrants are helping drive Columbus’ population growth and its economy, say experts
April 15, 2023 for The Columbus Dispatch
Ohio’s population would have shrunk by about 61,000 more if it weren’t for the flow of immigrants moving in.
Over 850 Haitian scam victims struggle in cold, unsafe Columbus apartments
Nov. 10, 2023 for The Columbus Dispatch
After traffickers forced Haitian asylum seekers to pay rent to stay in abandoned apartments, community leaders call on the city to step up response.
‘Don’t close us’: A Black Catholic church pleads with Columbus bishop
Aug 31, 2023 for The Columbus Dispatch
Holy Rosary & St. John church on Columbus’ Near East Side, one of just two majority-Black Catholic churches in the diocese, is facing closure.
Dispatch investigation raises questions about Columbus police SWAT use on teen
June 12, 2023 for The Columbus Dispatch
A Columbus Police SWAT team raided a Ghanaian-American teenager’s home. Less than 26 hours later, he died by suicide. What happened?
A mosque, a synagogue and an unlikely friendship that kindled Columbus’ interfaith movement
April 13, 2023 for The Columbus Dispatch
‘Parking spaces don’t have a religion’
Income-discrimination test case rocks Northeast Side complex
March 9, 2023 for The Columbus Dispatch
Hours after this piece was published, the landlord announced that the Section 8 tenants could stay.
Rising terminations, flawed execution: Dispatch investigation finds Section 8 failings
Feb. 25, 2023 for The Columbus Dispatch
The Dispatch spoke with two dozen tenants, Legal Aid lawyers, social workers, and CMHA reps, who described myriad issues with the voucher system, which recently switched to privatized management.
Uncompensated Allies: How Contracting Companies and U.S. Government Agencies Failed Third-Country Nationals in Afghanistan
2022 for Brown University’s Costs of War Project
New Americans harvest vegetables and memories of Bhutan at unique, pick-your-own farm
Aug. 5, 2022 for The Columbus Dispatch
Rai Farm, a Bhutanese-Nepali-owned pick-your-own business, caters to the community’s nostalgia for rural life.