Black Voices

Black Voices: Highlights and disappointments from the 2022 Emmy Awards

By Maria McComish · Thursday, Sept. 15,2022 3:50 p.m.

The 74th Annual Emmy Awards brought both exciting surprises and underwhelming disappointments.

Black Voices: Jackson, Mississippi, has become another city with a poorly designed water system

By Amani Gates · Wednesday, Sept. 14,2022 5:46 p.m.

Another predominantly Black city suffers from environmental racism.

Black Voices: Serena Williams plays her final match before retirement

By Jay Upshaw · Sunday, Sept. 11,2022 3:11 p.m.

Celebrities and IU students react to Serena Williams’ final game and retirement from tennis.

Black Voices: IU Cinema presents: ‘Home Is Where the Heart Is’ through Oct. 1

By Jay Upshaw · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2022 4:26 p.m.

IU Cinema is screening films in the “Home is Where The Heart Is” series.

Black Voices: The Black Alumni Book Fund offers discounted books to students

By Amani Gates · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2022 12:36 p.m.

The Black Alumni Book Fund now helps students at five universities.

Black Voices: Police continue to bully in broad daylight

By Sade Ajishegiri · Tuesday, Sept. 6,2022 4:35 p.m.

Police should know the spotlight on them hasn’t faded.

Black Voices: Olympian Ellia Green comes out as a trans man

By Maria McComish · Monday, Aug. 29,2022 3:05 p.m.

Green is the first olympian to come out as a trans man.

Black Voices: Emmett Till biopic to focus on mother’s civil rights activism

By Sade Ajishegiri · Wednesday, Aug. 24,2022 3:19 p.m.

The film will center around the aftershocks of Till’s death as his mother works tirelessly for justice.

Black Voices: The Emmy nominations still have a ways to go to improve diversity

By Maria McComish · Tuesday, Aug. 23,2022 3:49 p.m.

The 2022 Emmy nominations highlight hard work from diverse casts but lack in several areas.

Black Voices: Serena Williams retires a legend

By Maria McComish · Monday, Aug. 22,2022 3:06 p.m.

Serena Williams is retiring her racket after a historical career.

Black Voices: An Open Letter to the United States

By Donyá Collins · Sunday, Aug. 21,2022 8:36 p.m.

It’s been 226 years, and it's time to fix this country.

Black Voices: I’ve had enough of only Black trauma media to last a lifetime

By Donyá Collins · Sunday, Aug. 21,2022 7:29 p.m.

Black people are for more than trauma videos and this needs to be shown on TV.

Black Voices: Jordan Peele’s successful filmography gains another thriller

By Maria McComish · Tuesday, Aug. 16,2022 1:22 p.m.

Jordan Peele released a third horror film that has satisfied audiences.

Chadwick Boseman’s work continues to be nominated posthumously

By Sade Ajishegiri · Monday, Aug. 15,2022 3:37 p.m.

Boseman produced fantastic work all the way up to his death and should be honored for it.

Black Voices: California beach property returned to descendants of Black family

By Maria McComish · Tuesday, Aug. 2,2022 4:07 p.m.

Bruce’s beach in California has been returned to the family who originally owned it.

Black Voices: White liberals need to take a step back

By Maria McComish · Wednesday, July 27,2022 3:28 p.m.

White people are too confident in their anti-racism.

Black Voices: Sundown towns still exist in 2022

By Da'Nasia Pruitt · Monday, July 25,2022 8:52 p.m.

It’s 2022 and Black people still need a Green Book to avoid driving through racist towns.

Black Voices: Organizations that support IU students of color

By Sade Ajishegiri · Tuesday, July 12,2022 8:57 p.m.

Many student-led groups are dedicated to uplifting Black students on campus.

Black Voices: Fighting for women's rights doesn’t need to be a group project

By Donyá Collins · Sunday, July 3,2022 2:56 p.m.

We weren’t together then, don’t pretend we’re together now.

Black Voices: Police reform includes 911 dispatchers

By Donyá Collins · Wednesday, June 22,2022 4:05 p.m.

When calling for dismantling police systemic oppression we need to include 911 dispatchers.

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