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Central Ohio

28 photographs · from Fourth of July, 2025, Outdoors

  1. A smiling drummer in a red Party for Socialism and Liberation T-shirt, a keffiyeh over one shoulder, other marchers behind him.
  2. A marcher holds up a hand-painted sign reading 'Trans lives matter, trans voices rise, trans power now!!!'
  3. A hand-drawn sign reading 'Same shit, different hat', showing a swastika helmet, a Klan hood and a red MAGA cap, held up beside a downtown street.
  4. Two women stand among signs reading 'End attacks on trans youth', 'Free Palestine' and 'Liberty and justice for all'.
  5. A speaker in a red top smiles at the microphone in front of a stone office building.
  6. The same speaker points skyward mid-speech, the microphone on its stand beside her.
  7. A speaker in a light blue shirt gestures with an open hand at the microphone, notes in her other hand.
  8. Protesters on the lawn hold signs reading 'Empathy is not a weakness', 'Stop this racist propaganda' and 'No new war in the Middle East', a rainbow umbrella among them.
  9. An older man walks past red canopies and a crowd holding 'Birthright citizenship forever' and 'Land of the free' signs.
  10. A young man raises a fist beside a blue 50501 Ohio banner and a yellow banner calling for full rights for immigrants.
  11. People in the crowd listen beneath a pink sign reading 'We the people have had enough'.
  12. A speaker in a rainbow headscarf reads from a sheet of paper into the microphone.
  13. A crowd packed with signs under the trees: 'Queer lives are welcome everywhere', 'Make empathy great again', 'Liberty and justice for all means all'.
  14. A woman raises a fist from beside a bronze statue group, a pride flag draped over her shoulders.
  15. A bearded speaker in a bucket hat and red shirt points upward as he speaks into the microphone.
  16. A marcher in a dark wig holds a chalkboard sign reading 'Jeffrey Dahmer had fewer convictions than Trump', flags and signs all around.
  17. Black and white: the march fills a downtown street, signs held high between tall buildings.
  18. A young man in sunglasses, a red keffiyeh over his shoulders, walks with the march.
  19. A woman marches with a sign raised overhead, a 'Free Palestine' placard above the crowd.
  20. Marchers fill the street, a yellow 'Billionaires are treading on all of us' flag among the signs.
  21. An older man holds up a black sign reading 'ICE = SS' with SS runes.
  22. Palestinian flags and an upside-down American flag wave over a crowd holding 'Trump belongs in Alcatraz' and 'Hold on to your Constitution' signs.
  23. The march stretches up a tree-lined street, a sign reading 'Care about other people' above the crowd.
  24. A woman with tattooed arms walks at the front of the march beneath a 'No kings' sign.
  25. Black and white: two inflatable baby-Trump costumes walk down an empty street.
  26. A marshal in a red shirt stands in the intersection as the march approaches under a blue sky.
  27. A speaker in a red top calls out into the microphone beside a speaker stack, a church tower rising behind her.
  28. Magenta and green aurora over a row of houses at night, two figures silhouetted in the foreground.