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The usefulness of extremes

JOHN W. ANDERSON JR. - May 30, 2019

I am firm believer that balance is understood between extremes. We don’t know what balance is, unless we have two extremes to compare it...

Opinion

From player to coach

Mike Ramey - May 24, 2019

“If you’re bad enough to do the crime, you’ll be good enough to do some serious time.” — Judge Z. Mae Jimison“The Judge’s Rap”Among...

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Another step towards equality for all

ANDRÉ CARSON - May 23, 2019

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”If this well-known adage is...

Education

PreK-Corner with Dr. Mattie: Disciplining Someone Else’s Children

Mattie Jones - May 17, 2019

In PreK Corner, I share and have discussions with you about issues that cover the journey that children take from birth to school age...

Opinion

Nice for what?

MAGGIE LEWIS - May 16, 2019

I recently was checked. You know, “the process by which someone puts another individual in their place verbally or physically either in a joking...

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Consider donating blood to help those with sickle cell disease

Dr. Charlie Miraglia - May 2, 2019

Shanice was born with sickle cell disease. At 6, she had her first blood transfusion and doctors said she would not live long. She...

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Caring for those who first cared for us

ROBIN SHACKLEFORD - April 25, 2019

National Minority Health Month is recognized across the nation every April, and it serves as a reminder to state agencies, health advocates and community...

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From Player to Coach

Mike Ramey - April 22, 2019

A few decades ago, I happened across an article in a national publication detailing the successful rise of a certain Black businessman in corporate...

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The Black student protest movement of the late 1960s: 50 years later

JOHN W. ANDERSON JR. - April 11, 2019

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” — Frederick Douglass The 1968-1969 academic calendar year was a breakthrough year...

Opinion

Women deserve equal pay — now is the time to act!

ANDRÉ CARSON - April 4, 2019

With so much attention focused on the highly anticipated Mueller Report last week, many people missed an important victory to strengthen families in Indiana...

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