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Change has indeed come to America

REV AL SHARPTON - September 10, 2009

It was 1957 and the nation was in the midst of the largest sweeping cultural change since the abolishment of slavery. Integration was taking...

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For the ladies…

SHANNON WILLIAMS - September 10, 2009

Dorothy Height, chairwoman and president emerita of the National Council of Negro Women once said (I’m paraphrasing) that African-American women are very unique. We...

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When racism blinds common sense

AMOS C. BROWN - September 10, 2009

The raw, naked hatred and rancid racism of the conservative media and the Republican lunatic fringe unleashed another bigoted attack against President Barack Obama...

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We’re in an education epidemic, but White has a great idea

SHANNON WILLIAMS - September 3, 2009

I’ve made no secret of the fact that I detest lackadaisical parents. It infuriates me to know that there are parents out there who...

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What Indy’s mainstream media missed in our radio health care town hall

AMOS C. BROWN - September 3, 2009

It was civil and substantive, not like those WWF-style shoutfests that have passed for health care town hall meetings this summer. For two hours,...

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Many mistakes in health reform fight, including excluding Black participation

AMOS C. BROWN - August 27, 2009

How does the most powerful nation on Earth, which pioneered so many medical and health care innovations, make its health care system fairer, more...

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Reflecting on Edward Kennedy’s legacy

SHANNON WILLIAMS - August 27, 2009

When I learned of Senator Edward Kennedy’s death, I was deeply saddened. It seemed the end of a very long, but engaging book. You...

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Don’t be fooled, Health care reform is a good thing

SHANNON WILLIAMS - August 20, 2009

Everyone deserves access to quality health care. Unfortunately, while we all deserve access to quality health care, not everyone receives it. Despite what opponents...

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Thousands of Black no shows on IPS’ first day. Why?

AMOS C. BROWN - August 20, 2009

Again, another public embarrassment as thousands of Indianapolis parents demonstrated their lack of parental responsibility. Last week, between one-sixth to one-fifth of Indianapolis Public...

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Promising youth a better chance at life

SHANNON WILLIAMS - August 13, 2009

Sometimes children just don’t have a chance. It’s true, sometimes children who have been raised under adverse conditions by negligent parents, simply don’t have...

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