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Indiana is failing us

LAKIMBA DESADIER -
“Change might be uncomfortable, but it is the only way forward,” Rep. Robin Shackelford said recently. These words mean a lot to me. They...
Community Voices

Springtime brings many opportunities to improve our waterways

JULIE L RHODES -
Spring brings rebirth and rejuvenation. We start seeing buds on the trees and witness early season flowers and plants poking up from the soil...
Community Voices

Why HBCUs are more important now than ever

DEVON DAVIS -
Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been educating and cultivating the minds of Black students for well over a century, yet every year...
Opinion

Patience isn’t a virtue Black Americans need

OSEYE BOYD -
Over the weekend, between volleyball games, I watched “Amend: The Fight for America” in my hotel room. This six-part documentary explores the 14th Amendment,...
Community Voices

The funny thing is …

LARRY SMITH -
Recently I participated in a discussion about whether certain names were “appropriate” for particular racial and ethnic groups. (All of the discussants were Black.)...
Community Voices

Tension is at an all-time high in the Indiana General Assembly and the entire United States

IVAN DOUGLAS HICKS -
The Ministerium, an Indiana statewide ministers’ organization, and other faith leaders across the United States are concerned. Attempted physical abuse and public bullying tactics...
Community Voices

Convict leasing, a precursor to private prisons

RONALD RICE -
I worked 31 years in the state correctional system, and the last 16 years of that time I served as a prison superintendent over...
Community Voices

Celebrate Black history by casting new visions of excellence

DENNIS BLAND -
As we embark upon another year of celebrating Black History Month, we do so at a grave moment in time that is perhaps as...
Opinion

Racism and disrespect in the Statehouse

OSEYE BOYD -
You can’t make this stuff up. I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase, “the truth is stranger than fiction,” or some variant. It’s definitely true when...
Community Voices

For the sake of (white) children

LARRY SMITH -
Several years ago, a television commercial asked parents to consider the lengths to which they would go to protect their children. After the narrator...
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