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

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...

Historic Democratic convention awesome spectacle

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

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

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

A wish list from teachers

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

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

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,...

Another key Black Expo worker fired

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

Black graduation rates, politics and more

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...

Playing the blame game

Want to know what really gets under my skin — shiftless people who blame others for their current predicaments. I’m sure you all know...

Try some tender, loving care

Indianapolis is slowly making its way up the “America’s Deadliest Cities” list. I remember a point in time when Gary was repeatedly cited as...

Expo should drop out of concert biz Indy’s schools need detailed dropout data

In the early 1980s, a group of major Indianapolis companies, institutions and organizations gathered at the old Stouffer’s Hotel on North Meridian Street at...

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