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Book bans & public libraries

HEAVYN LESTER - September 22, 2023

"They be our national treasure / they be / our priceless charge" (A Dark and Splendid Mass 47-48) are the lingering words of Mari...

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...

Opinion

What are we doing wrong?

LARRY SMITH - September 25, 2023

A few weeks ago I wrote about some of the concerns that I have regarding my teenaged son. Despite those concerns, I have every...

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

Till (Till you do right by me…)

HEAVYN LESTER - September 25, 2023

We entered hushed, our eyes spoke, and with our heads, we greeted hello. Old friends broke the silence by introducing children and grandchildren. Blacks...

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