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Bacon Bits: I CAN breathe

March 10, 2022

I had the fortunate experience of earning a belt in Brazilian Jiujitsu, courtesy of Dragonfly Elite Martial Arts, one of the only Black-owned-and-operated Brazilian...

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Protest or power? The mental health implications

GEORGE MIDDLETON - June 13, 2020

Inspired by the questionable shootings and deaths of the men in our community. If you had to choose between the two, which one would it be? Which of these feels more empowering...

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Police reform revisited again?

IMHOTEP ADISA - November 17, 2020

In July 2017, I wrote about Indianapolis’s attempt to reform the police after the killing of Aaron Bailey.This piece could have been written yesterday....

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Indianapolis needs a commission on African American males

KENNETH ALLEN - June 12, 2020

I can remember March 26, 2012 vividly. I rushed out of my office early and went to my daughter’s day care. She said, “Dad,...

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I’m Just Sayin’: Let’s listen to our youth

MARSHAWN WOLLEY - June 12, 2020

Be proud of our young people.At the city’s first #IndyYouthSpeak, Indianapolis had a few things they needed to get off their chest both to...

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White Americans must repair the historical damage done to Blacks

JUDIE CARMICHAEL BROWN - June 11, 2020

It is ironic that I was asked to pen this column on Sunday, May 31. I kept my annual tradition of watching the 2008...

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‘Policing in America must change’

OSEYE BOYD - June 11, 2020

In the wise words of Whitley Gilbert, “You just have to laugh.”The “A Different World” character uttered those words to Claire Huxtable in a...

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Will you answer the call?

EBONY MARIE CHAPPEL - June 11, 2020

For the past several days, I have witnessed my city in a way I never thought I would. Downtown is boarded up for the...

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Drew Brees’ Black friends

LARRY SMITH - June 11, 2020

Drew Brees is not a racist. That’s part of the problem. Last week, Daniel Roberts of Yahoo Finance asked Brees, superstar quarterback of the New...

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Growing food is the real wealth

LA'KIYAH MUHAMMAD - November 17, 2020

Ten year financial planning is what most financially successful people use to stay wealthy. Their meticulous planning affords their families financial freedom for generations. How many...

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