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Stimulus road games and exclusions & John Marshall High School anarchy

AMOS BROWN - April 17, 2009

Pike Township, an area 42.7 percent Black with growing traffic backlogs and congestion, has been shut out of receiving transportation dollars from President Barack...

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Acknowledging the 15-year anniversary of Rwandan genocide

SHANNON WILLIAMS - April 9, 2009

For some 1994 seems like a lifetime ago. For others, however, it seems like only yesterday. I imagine many survivors of the Rwandan genocide...

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President Obama’s confident leadership vs. Mayor Ballard’s insecure leadership

AMOS BROWN - April 9, 2009

Face to face agreements and deals between heads of state and government don’t just happen. Weeks before there are scores of memos, phone calls...

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Hard Work

JULIANNE MALVEAUX - April 9, 2009

The unemployment rate rose from 8.1 percent to 8.5 percent and more than 600,000 people lost their jobs last month. Just this year, more...

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Hard Work

JULIANNE MALVEAUX - April 9, 2009

The unemployment rate rose from 8.1 percent to 8.5 percent and more than 600,000 people lost their jobs last month. Just this year, more...

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Coming full circle

SHANNON WILLIAMS - April 2, 2009

I remember when the story of Kemba Smith was publicized. I was in my junior year of high school and my sister was a...

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The Gospel According to Franklin

BRANDON A. PERRY - April 2, 2009

On Saturday several local scholars and historians gathered at IPS Crispus Attucks Museum to honor one of the world’s premiere scholars, Dr. John Hope...

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The truth of trickle-down economics

NICOLE C. LEE - April 2, 2009

This week, the G-20, the 20 countries with the largest Gross Domestic Product, met to discuss the implications of the economic crisis. Both in...

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Real Reality – Makeover in Martindale/Brightwood

AMOS BROWN - April 2, 2009

Things are somewhat depressing right now. With high unemployment, a nagging recession cutting basic government services like swimming pools, government bailouts, our president beset...

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