Category : News

Combatting seasonal allergies in Indiana: Expert tips for relief

As the chorus of sniffles and “achoos” makes its way into the Circle City, the Indianapolis Recorder sat down with doctors and patients to break down seasonal allergies and how to curb them for the summer season. The Center for Disease Control es...

Trustee’s program covers back-to-school clothes — and year-round apparel

Back-to-school season is right around the corner. But for some, the affordability of school clothes is a stumbling block. Center Township Trustee LaDonna Freeman’s 2024 School Clothing “Kick-off” serves to mend that gap. From July eighth to August se...

“I showcase the joy in disability”

Indiana residents join the world in celebrating disability pride month For Americans, July is a month for fireworks.Worldwide, July is also a month for a different celebration — the celebration of Disability Pride Month. After the Americans with Disa...

Meet Ms. Crystal: The Recorder’s fairy godmother

Embedded within the storied legacy of the Indianapolis Recorder are the stories of those whose lives it has influenced — and the stories of those who influenced it right back.Crystal Dalton, who works mainly in legals at the Recorder, has lived both...

Biden’s Response to Starving Black People

The following article, Biden’s Response to Starving Black People, was first published on The Black Sphere. If I’m hungry because I can afford food in the time of Biden, I don’t want food. Instead, I want Biden to assure me with evid...

Facing a worsening food desert, Hazelwood residents may finally get the grocery store they’ve sought

An innovation center planned for Hazelwood could feature a worker-owned cooperative grocery store, which neighborhood groups hope to build by 2027 to address the area’s scarce food options.The planned three-story Sarah Dixon Innovation Center would f...

How Trump’s appeal to nostalgia deliberately evokes America’s more-racist, more-sexist past

There’s a reason Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign is working hard to evoke nostalgia: People who are nostalgic – meaning, people who long for America’s “good old days” – were more likely to vote for Republican candidates in the 2022 mid...

As the political season heats up, voter enthusiasm stays cool

By Tribune StaffIn a Presidential election season that feels a lot like déjà vu, many voters are expressing discontent with the frontrunners on both sides and tuning out heavily contested local races as well. That’s forcing some candidates to work ov...

Metro Trustee’s office offers tax freeze program

NASHVILLE, TN — Trustee Erica S. Gilmore and the Office of the Metropolitan Trustee are taking proactive steps to help residents of Nashville and Davidson County take advantage of the higher Property Tax Freeze program. Starting July 2024, the qu...

Nashville General expanding access to incentive program

By Tribune Staff NASHVILLE, TN — Measuring the success of Nashville based on data such as median income, economic growth, cultural diversity and population expansion creates a very positive picture. Yet, despite this surface-level view, people ar...

Miami Dade Bar Association elects first Black woman to lead

By Chelsea JonesMIAMI, FL — The Miami Dade Bar Association, the largest lawyer network for Miami-Dade County, has elected its first Black woman as president.Attorney Charise Morgan holds many titles, but her latest is historic. Morgan is the newest p...

Trying to help others, man seeks box fan donations

By Forrest Sanders MURFREESBORO, TN (WTVF) — A Murfreesboro man tells us he was called upon to help others. He didn’t see any better way to start than right on his front porch. That man tells us he’s getting his work going again, and he needs you...

Mayor issues statement on $10M transit grant

NASHVILLE, TN — As part of the Biden administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, the Federal Transit Administration announced a $10 million grant for Nashville that will allow the city to make improvements at Donelson Station. The improvements co...

YMCA enhances summer camp thanks to grant

NASHVILLE, TN — Approximately 4,000-day campers this summer are receiving healthy breakfast and snacks thanks to a generous grant awarded by BJ’s Charitable Foundation.The Foundation gifted the Y’s Camp Widjiwagan $26,000 to fully underwrite adding a...

Judge Thompson making history as the highest ranking Black female in NC’s state judicial system

Last year, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper recognized and understood the 27 years of judicial experience and commitment to fairness and equitable justice that Judge Carolyn Thompson exudes. That’s why he appointed her to seat 12 on the North Caro...