TAG

community voices

Community Voices

Smith: The mental struggle of being Black

LESLIE SMITH - June 3, 2021

Waking up every day is an absolute blessing. I’m grateful to be alive. Grateful for my health, family and friends. Grateful for life! But...

Community Voices

Smith: The nuances of ‘Uncle Tom’

LARRY SMITH - May 20, 2021

For nearly as far back as I can recall, I have been familiar with “Uncle Tom.” Of course, that is the name of the...

Community Voices

Shabazz: Juneteenth is coming. Habari Gani?

KHALILAH A. SHABAZZ - May 20, 2021

Habari Gani? The Swahili words that mean “What’s the news?” are often associated with the Kwanzaa holiday. However, this month, as we near the...

Community Voices

Smith: Breathing a little easier

LARRY SMITH - April 22, 2021

“He mattered because he was a human being.” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison delivered these solemn, simple, sermonic words at a press conference following the...

Community Voices

Disproportionate funding forces some schools to do more with less

STAFF - April 8, 2021

By WAYNE BARKER, superintendent, School City of Mishawaka, MARK DANIEL, superintendent, Fort Wayne Community Schools, STEVEN HOPE, superintendent, Goshen Public Schools, ALEESIA JOHNSON, superintendent,...

Community Voices

Why HBCUs are more important now than ever

DEVON DAVIS - May 10, 2021

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

Community Voices

The funny thing is …

LARRY SMITH - March 4, 2021

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

Opinion

Racism and disrespect in the Statehouse

OSEYE BOYD - March 1, 2021

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 - February 25, 2021

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

Community Voices

Well past time to remove white supremacy,toxic culture from the art world

NICHELLE M. HAYES - February 25, 2021

Earlier this month a job posting for Newfields (formerly Indianapolis Museum of Art) went viral. Newfields advertised a job opening by stating that the...

1 234 Page 3 of 4