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    COVID’s lingering effects on mental health hit Black community hard

    TAUHRIC BROWN -
    While many of us are celebrating the end of mask mandates and trying to find a new normal post-COVID-19, a large percentage of the...
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    Another year, another record murder rate

    ABDUL-HAKIM SHABAZZ -
    Indianapolis is on track for another year of record murders.   I will let that sink in.  As I write this column, we have had close to...
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    Indiana redistricting realities: Make our maps fair

    LAKIMBA DESADIER -
    Politicians in states across the country are actively working to make it more difficult to vote, from preventing ​absentee ballot requests​ from being mailed...
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    More than a number

    LEADERSHIP INDIANAPOLIS -
    Conversations around public safety and criminal justice seem to never end. When you turn on the news, open a paper, scroll social media or...
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    IPS proved resilient and ready during 2020-21 school year

    ALEESIA JOHNSON -
    The pandemic represented perhaps the greatest single challenge that schools in this country have faced in a single year. At Indianapolis Public Schools, we...
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    Smith: The limits of philanthropy

    LARRY SMITH -
    Philanthropy is one of humanity’s primordial impulses. We see examples that are as old as recorded history. Indeed, based upon the data that we...
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    Hayes: Black librarians play integral but unseen role in helping community

    NICHELLE M. HAYES -
    Currently, I serve as the vice president of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA). Last year BCALA reached 50 years of...
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    Smith: But it’s divisive!

    LARRY SMITH -
    White Americans frequently express the following sentiment: “Don’t talk about race. It’s divisive.” Allow me to acknowledge that the statement is accurate; cross-racial discussions...
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    Carson: Cutting unemployment isn’t the answer

    ANDRE CARSON -
    Today, the unemployment rate stands at 5.9%, but it runs much deeper than what is often reported. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic caused millions of Americans...
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    Big or small: Anti-litter efforts keep our waterways and communities clean

    JULIE L RHODES -
    Do you know what happens to that cup, straw and lid that is tossed out a car window and lands in the street? Unless...
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