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Covid-19

New reality, new perspective

TIFFANY BENJAMIN - April 14, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many of our lives. It has had a particularly hard impact on the African American community. I’ve seen the...

Covid-19

Bacon Bits: Need or Neglect?

March 10, 2022

As the broadcasts first hit, Black people watched the news patiently as opinions on COVID-19 began to form. Some of us were stoic and...

Covid-19

Martindale Brightwood settling in for the COVID-19 fight

BARATO BRITT - April 11, 2020

With these next weeks projected to be the worst in terms of the coronavirus pandemic, neighborhoods are hunkering down in preparation. The Martindale Brightwood...

Covid-19

The time is now to fix health disparities

OSEYE BOYD - April 9, 2020

“So I represent that legacy of growing up poor and Black in America, and I and many Black Americans are at higher risk for...

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Black like me

LARRY SMITH - April 9, 2020

All three were wearing medical masks. By all appearances, they were what some Black folks refer to as “hood rats.” Their attire. Their speech...

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The doors are closed, but libraries remain open — virtually

NICHELLE HAYES - April 9, 2020

Since my last piece, the world has turned on its head. The first time I heard about the novel (new) coronavirus, or COVID-19, I...

Covid-19

I’m just sayin’: Where’s the data?

MARSHAWN WOLLEY - April 8, 2020

Why hasn’t the Indiana State Department of Health been collecting race data on COVID-19, given the well-known health disparities in communities of color?During the...

Opinion

Hey, neighbor, we’ve got your back

OSEYE BOYD - April 2, 2020

If you would’ve told me a month ago that my life — your life, our lives — would be totally changed by the time...

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Yeah, Black folks can get COVID-19. What happens after that?

MARSHAWN WOLLEY - April 2, 2020

Initially, there was this foolish idea that Black folks couldn’t get the coronavirus. The real questions should’ve been not only why aren’t we seen...

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We just need to focus

LARRY SMITH - April 2, 2020

Recently, Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett declared, “The partisan lines that once divided Indiana have evaporated.”His statement seems more aspirational than editorial if one considers...

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