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If MLK were alive today

As the nation prepares to commemorate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I personally can’t help but think and ponder...

The crashing sound you hear is Indy media’s racial glass ceiling shattering

Since this column began 19 years ago, this space has tried to prod, embarrass, cajole and lobby the city’s majority media companies to hire...

Let’s see how IPS School Board takes on critics with Supt. White out of the picture

ā€œYou’re like Joe Clark,ā€ I told Eugene White during his first meeting with the Recorder’s editorial staff after he was hired as superintendent of...

Gun control: It’s on all of us

Editor's note: Terri Francis is an associate professor in the Department of African American Studies and the Film Studies Program at Yale University. She...

Presidents should not swear in on a Bible

Editor's note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is a political comedian and frequent commentator on various TV networks including CNN. He is the editor...

Celebrate small successes, no matter what your goal

If you’re like millions of Americans, you make New Year’s resolutions every year, but you get off track before the year ends. I’ll be...

A Black perspective on the ā€˜My Man Mitch’ years

Monday an era ends as Mitch Daniels, who presided over eight years of whirlwind controversial changes in Indiana, leaves as governor. Our community asks,...

ESPN commentator’s rant against Robert Griffin III was totally inappropriate

Remember that television show titled after a very popular saying, ā€œKids say the darnest things.ā€ Well, the same saying can apply to adults. In...

Pay it forward, help those in need

She didn’t have much as a child, but Charlene remembers the unexpected generosity of people who didn’t even know her name. These people didn’t...

GOP, time to rebrand in the image of the ‘Great Emancipator’

Editor's note: Wade Henderson is the president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund....

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