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New sentencing guidelines for crack offenders

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For years Blacks have argued about the disproportionately higher incarceration sentences that our men and women face regarding crack-cocaine offences. It’s been no secret...
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Use the power of one for greater good

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What goes around comes around. We’ve all heard this saying, but wouldn’t it be wonderful if we actually internalized its meaning and based most...
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John McCain speaks to Blacks; new poll shows Carson leads

AMOS BROWN III -
Sen. John McCain’s “Straight Talk Express” limped into Indianapolis last week, like a steam engine running out of coal and water. A New York...
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Taking it all in

SHANNON WILLIAMS -
While realities of the world, traditional media outlets and happenings in our neighborhoods often paint the picture of a destitute and unthriving Black community,...
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Colin Powell paved the way for Obama

AMOS BROWN III -
For months I’ve marveled at the appeal Sen. Barack Obama has with whites. From coast to coast, whites have been the base of the...
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Obama takes the lead

SHANNON WILLIAMS -
Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is making tremendous strides as he beat primary challenger Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) in the Potomac primaries, which...
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Sticks and stones may break my bones, but government threats won’t hurt me

AMOS BROWN III -
Long, long before I was an Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper columnist, I spent a couple of hours talking with an early Black Indiana media Hall...
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The ‘other’ 7th District election and the primary starts to heat up

AMOS BROWN III -
While the special election to replace the late Julia Carson is just around the corner, the line up for what could be, but hopefully...
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There’s more to life than welfare

SHANNON WILLIAMS -
February is the month of love and since it’s also Black History Month, I think it’s pretty safe to consider it the month of...
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IBE’s report on youth is a call to action

SHANNON WILLIAMS -
I heard it all over the radio, on Recorder switchboards, and even face-to-face: “The Indianapolis Star is wrong for that headline.” The headline that...
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