TAG
ferguson
Hands Up United and “Books and Breakfast”
TERRI JETT - 0
When I heard about the killing of Michael Brown Jr. in Ferguson, Missouri, by then-police officer Darren Wilson, I felt a deep sense of...
Air Pollution, Atomic Risks Grow as Toxic Dump Smolders
BRIDGETON, Missouri – They can’t breathe.Residents of this community near Ferguson — site of 2014’s police-involved shooting death of teenager Michael Brown — have...
Minnesota: The Land of 10K White Liberal Battle Cries and Minority Misnomers
I'm a North Minneapolis Native. My family has been in North Minneapolis for 96 years. My maternal great-grandmother and her first cousin/sister (all black...
Minnesota: The Land of 10K White Liberal Battle Cries and Minority Misnomers
I'm a North Minneapolis Native. My family has been in North Minneapolis for 96 years. My maternal great-grandmother and her first cousin/sister (all black...
Sharecropping 2015
“We have become a nation of Sharecroppers who stopped watching what we are sowing.”A few years ago I saw a picture on Facebook that...
15 Years Ago, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Common & More Used Hip-Hop for Justice. The Fight Continues.
Police officers (and law enforcement officials) murdering unarmed people of color has been a resounding issue, especially since the 2012 death of Trayvon Martin....
50 Years after Riots: Watts Struggles, Cautions Ferguson and Baltimore
Fifty years ago this month, Watts was ablaze. The citizens of this all-black Los Angeles neighborhood had grown exasperated with that era’s racial inequities,...
Enough
In the wake of the grand jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson police officer, in the death of 18-year-old Michael...
Indy attorney analyzes legal proceedings in Ferguson case
In the days following the grand jury’s decision not to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of unarmed teen Michael...
A visit to Ferguson, U.S.A.
I’m a mother, a writer, and a resident of Indiana. I visited Ferguson, Mo., the weekend of Nov. 21. I am white, and I...
- Advertisement -
Subscribe to our newsletter
To be updated with all the latest local news.
Stay connected
Latest news
Uncategorized
EdGems with Educator Barnes: Black in the Suburbs: A Parent’s Perspective
The Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper will host the virtual education series “Black in the Suburbs: A Parent's Perspective” live at 6:30 p.m. Jan....
Community Voices
Improving health care for Black women
JEAN BREAUX - 0
I am a patient of the Indiana University Health System, and I can very honestly share that I’ve had extremely positive experiences...
Community Voices
Poetic justice?
RONALD RICE - 0
On Jan. 6, we witnessed an insurrection in our nation’s capital. Violent supporters mesmerized by the inflammatory words of Donald Trump, a...
Community Voices
Institutional racism is real
RONALD RICE - 0
When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, on Dec....
Arts & Culture
What’s In A Name, Indy? Lt. j.g. Graham Edward Martin Park
When you travel down Fall Creek Parkway near 16th Street, you’ll see a sign for the Lt....
- Advertisement -
