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2024 Champions of Diversity: Champions for change

JADE JACKSON - January 18, 2024

The 17th annual event has grown in popularity, and this year its footprint expanded to a national level through the Minority Business Review alongside the Indiana Minority Business Magazine.

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I finally read ‘The Color Purple’

CAMIKE JONES - January 4, 2024

In preparation for the release of the movie musical “The Color Purple,” I decided to read Alice Walker’s award-winning book. I had seen the...

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‘What would you do with $1 million?’

CAMIKE JONES - December 14, 2023

Terry Kahn, an Indianapolis man who worked for the Veterans Administration for 30 years, must have pinched every possible penny in order to amass...

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Giving thanks is good for you

CAMIKE JONES - November 21, 2023

As the holiday season approaches, people often take the time to reflect on what they have to be grateful for. At the same time,...

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What Indy’s veterans need now

CAMIKE JONES - November 10, 2023

Although veterans accounted for approximately 6% of Indiana’s total population, they accounted for approximately 11% of its total homeless population this year based on...

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Vote: Speak for yourself

CAMIKE JONES - October 19, 2023

Only 13% of Marion County voters voted in the primaries in May of this year. Of over 600,000 registered voters, less than 80,000 turned...

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Killing the ‘Strong Black Woman’

CAMIKE JONES - October 5, 2023

Breast cancer is responsible for killing Black women at a higher rate than it does other races. But why? For far too long, Black women...

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50 years of hip-hop: My love/hate relationship with the music that raised me

CAMIKE JONES - October 4, 2023

Frankly, I never thought I had a love affair with hip-hop until this year’s celebrations brought into perspective how many of my formative experiences...

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She, too: Respectability is not a requirement for consent

CAMIKE JONES - October 4, 2023

Sukihana, a female rapper known for her raunchy lyrics and persona, was forcibly kissed by YK Osiris, a male rapper in a recent viral...

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Black music tells the American tale

CAMIKE JONES - June 2, 2023

June is Black Music Appreciation Month. A time for celebration. A time for reminiscing. A time to cherish the music that has been the soundtrack for many of our lives.