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Why Palin is a no-go

SHANNON WILLIAMS - September 4, 2008

As a woman, I’m offended. As an individual with at least one-degree of common sense, I’m offended. To select a female vice president solely...

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In a week when Blacks’ hopes soared; Mayor Ballard commits a dastardly deed

AMOS BROWN III - August 29, 2008

On Aug. 28, 2008, Indianapolis, America and the world watched history as Barack Obama formally accepted his party’s nomination for the most important office...

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Historic Democratic convention awesome spectacle

SHANNON WILLIAMS - August 29, 2008

Historic. Meaningful. Endearing. Those are the words that continuously ran through my mind as I watched the first night of the Democratic National Convention...

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Indy Parks Joe Wynns, casualty of Mayor Ballard’s war against neighborhoods

AMOS BROWN III - August 21, 2008

The Ballard administration declared war on Indianapolis’ poor and working class neighborhoods last week and the first casualty was Joe Wynns, director of Indy...

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A wish list from teachers

SHANNON WILLIAMS - August 21, 2008

Would it be difficult for you to go to a job everyday where you felt unappreciated, underpaid and severely overworked? While this may actually...

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Where are the leaders for our community of 262,000?

AMOS BROWN III - August 14, 2008

Doubled. In four decades. That’s what’s happened to our Indianapolis African-American community as over four decades our community’s population doubled in size. In 1970,...

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Another key Black Expo worker fired

SHANNON WILLIAMS - August 14, 2008

Well, just when you may have thought things had settled down at Indiana Black Expo — drama resumes. Late last week, a high-ranking employee...

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Black graduation rates, politics and more

AMOS BROWN III - August 7, 2008

The 14th anniversary of Just Tellin’ It begins with a confession. Dr. John Jackson, president/CEO of the Schott Foundation, made me mad. Not because...

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