Taylor Dorrell
@taylordorrell.bsky.social
Who gets to shape a city's schools? My latest @matternews.bsky.social column examines the Columbus school board race where grassroots progressives are challenging the CEO-funded Democratic Party establishment. It’s a story playing out in blue cities nationwide. matternews.org/voices/when-...
When CEOs pick the candidates: Inside the Columbus Board of Education race – Matter News
This year's school board election could be viewed as a fight between insiders and insurgents, centralized power and community power, corporate influence and neighborhood voices.
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October 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Who gets to shape a city's schools? My latest @matternews.bsky.social column examines the Columbus school board race where grassroots progressives are challenging the CEO-funded Democratic Party establishment. It’s a story playing out in blue cities nationwide. matternews.org/voices/when-...
And people say Columbus doesn’t have any landmarks.
July 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
And people say Columbus doesn’t have any landmarks.
Reposted by Taylor Dorrell
Melissa Thompkins said her family has watched Milo-Grogan change over the four generations it has called the neighborhood home. She and other commissioners said high-priced, tax-abated homes directly raises costs for everyone else – especially those living on fixed incomes.
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New from Taylor Dorrell.
‘You don’t have to try and con us’: Area Commission meeting reveals tensions underpinning Columbus’ growing housing crisis – Matter News
Owing to its affordable homes and proximity to downtown, Milo-Grogan has become the latest local frontier for developers. On Second Avenue, modest houses that cost under $200k sit next to sleek new ha...
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June 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Melissa Thompkins said her family has watched Milo-Grogan change over the four generations it has called the neighborhood home. She and other commissioners said high-priced, tax-abated homes directly raises costs for everyone else – especially those living on fixed incomes.
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New from Taylor Dorrell.
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Markets were opened up to competition in hopes of creating affordability and efficiency. Consumers have been met instead with monopolies and rising costs.
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The roots of the looming AEP rate hike can be traced back decades – Matter News
Markets were opened up to competition in hopes of creating affordability and efficiency. Consumers have been met instead with monopolies and rising costs.
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May 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Markets were opened up to competition in hopes of creating affordability and efficiency. Consumers have been met instead with monopolies and rising costs.
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New from @taylordorrell.bsky.social
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My latest essay for Trigger takes on the political debates surrounding Alex Garland’s film Civil War:
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Neutrality is defeat: Civil War and the responsibility of artists in…
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March 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
My latest essay for Trigger takes on the political debates surrounding Alex Garland’s film Civil War:
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My latest weekly Substack (please subscribe) is about the time that composer Aaron Copland crossed paths with Communist farmers in Minnesota:
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How Communist Farmers in Minnesota Helped Radicalize Composer Aaron Copland
A Composer’s Journey from the Concert Halls of NYC to Communist Picnics in the Heart of the Great Depression.
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March 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
My latest weekly Substack (please subscribe) is about the time that composer Aaron Copland crossed paths with Communist farmers in Minnesota:
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When the new Anduril facility was announced, the company’s chief strategy officer, Chris Brose, said that “America’s next arsenal of democracy will be made in Ohio.”
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Cold War City: AI weapons factory from Anduril planned for Columbus – Matter News
The future of the Midwest is increasingly being dictated by right-wing venture capitalists from Silicon Valley, including Anduril founder Palmer Luckey.
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February 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
When the new Anduril facility was announced, the company’s chief strategy officer, Chris Brose, said that “America’s next arsenal of democracy will be made in Ohio.”
New from @taylordorrell.bsky.social.
matternews.org/voices/cold-...
New from @taylordorrell.bsky.social.
matternews.org/voices/cold-...
Reposted by Taylor Dorrell
When the new Anduril facility was announced, the company’s chief strategy officer, Chris Brose, said that “America’s next arsenal of democracy will be made in Ohio.”
New from @taylordorrell.bsky.social.
matternews.org/voices/cold-...
New from @taylordorrell.bsky.social.
matternews.org/voices/cold-...
Cold War City: AI weapons factory from Anduril planned for Columbus – Matter News
The future of the Midwest is increasingly being dictated by right-wing venture capitalists from Silicon Valley, including Anduril founder Palmer Luckey.
matternews.org
February 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
When the new Anduril facility was announced, the company’s chief strategy officer, Chris Brose, said that “America’s next arsenal of democracy will be made in Ohio.”
New from @taylordorrell.bsky.social.
matternews.org/voices/cold-...
New from @taylordorrell.bsky.social.
matternews.org/voices/cold-...