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Almighty Black Dollar: examining effects of the economic blackout

NORAL PARHAM - March 4, 2025

The last day of Black History Month set off a chain of events extending far beyond the February celebration, ultimately causing an economic blackout. A...

Local News

Indiana legislators battle over Medicaid, education in 2025 agendas

HANNA RAUWORTH - February 17, 2025

As Indiana’s 2025 legislative session begins, Republicans and Democrats in the state senate have outlined sharply contrasting agendas. Republicans are focused on fiscal issues, with...

Community Voices

I am fashion: Style moments from the “I Made Rock ‘N’ Roll Festival”

CAMIKE JONES - December 30, 2024

Indianapolis proudly hosted the inaugural I Made Rock 'N' Roll Festival, a truly unique event that lived up to its name. The festival, aptly...

Opinion

Effective today

HEAVYN LESTER - September 25, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP0FISeD-8M What have you walked away from? Author Zora Neale Hurston once said, "I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in...

Opinion

Forget being strong

HEAVYN LESTER - September 25, 2023

I’m laying here in bed, on a gorgeous Friday afternoon, sipping water with lime and twiddling my toes. Blaring on the tv is a...

Education

Florida criticized for controversial Black history standards

CHLOE McGOWAN - August 4, 2023

The Florida Board of Education has recently given its approval for new standards aimed at teaching Black history in public schools. However, the decision...

Business

Let’s Make a Plan:Debt Management

SPECIAL TO THE RECORDER - January 26, 2024

Q&A with Carletta Clark,Indianapolis Community Manager, ChaseSponsored by JPMorgan Chase & Co. If you’ve found yourself in credit card debt, you’re not alone. According to...

Opinion

Florida’s history standards claim slavery included ‘benefit’ to Black Americans

DEVON DAVIS - September 25, 2023

Florida Board of Education approved controversial new standards for teaching Black history in the state’s public schools. The move has already received criticism from the president...

Business

It is the best of times; it is the worst of times—it is time to revisit a Black agenda.

MARSHAWN WOLLEY - September 25, 2023

Before the murder of George Floyd, Black leaders with the African American Coalition of Indianapolis and Black pastors called for a series of policies,...

Opinion