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Taking it all in

While realities of the world, traditional media outlets and happenings in our neighborhoods often paint the picture of a destitute and unthriving Black community,...

Colin Powell paved the way for Obama

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...

Obama takes the lead

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...

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but government threats won’t hurt me

Long, long before I was an Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper columnist, I spent a couple of hours talking with an early Black Indiana media Hall...

The ‘other’ 7th District election and the primary starts to heat up

While the special election to replace the late Julia Carson is just around the corner, the line up for what could be, but hopefully...

There’s more to life than welfare

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...

IBE’s report on youth is a call to action

I heard it all over the radio, on Recorder switchboards, and even face-to-face: ā€œThe Indianapolis Star is wrong for that headline.ā€ The headline that...

Will mayor, business and foundations pay attention to Expo’s Black youth report?

Indiana Black Expo’s 88-page ā€œState of Our Black Youth Reportā€ was full of damning statistics. The stat that captured my attention wasn’t the titillating...

Mayoral leadership at a time of rising city homicides

The horrific tragedy of the Hovey Street murders — two Black babies shot dead in their mothers’ arms as their mothers were murdered —...

When will we stop degrading ourselves?

I’m one who often considers the evolution, or lack thereof, of African-Americans throughout the years. While this evaluation of sorts tends to happen rather...

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