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The South Bend Reparatory Justice Commission unanimously elected South Bend NAACP President Trina Robinson to take over the commission's leadership as Chair Darryl Heller steps down for health reasons.

A state alliance is taking its fight to include Black and Brown communities and businesses in the state’s electric vehicle investment to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.

Unlike coal ash ponds, the ash is dry when it’s placed into these landfills. But the group Earthjustice said the ash can still get wet when it rains or the water table rises — polluting groundwater and drinking water sources.

Indiana lawmakers and education leaders are pushing for increased funding to help more professionals and particularly people of color afford a teaching degree.

Representatives from Black Lives Matter-South Bend, the South Bend branch of the NAACP and the Michiana Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression are calling on the South Bend Community Schools board to fire Superintendent Todd Cummings.

Black leaders from across Indiana called on Gov. Eric Holcomb and other state leaders on Thursday to prioritize ways to address the academic achievement gaps facing children of color.

The Douglass School, named after abolitionist Fredrick Douglass, opened during segregation and eventually merged with an all-white school in the 1950s before closing in 1968.

A year ago, the CEOs of Indiana’s four largest hospital systems promised to address racism in health care. Hospital leaders shared updates on their progress at a virtual forum this week, hosted by the Greater Indianapolis NAACP and the Indianapolis Recorder.

Black leaders from across the state on Monday criticized legislation near the finish line that would affect everything from education to the environment at the NAACP’s annual legislative day at the Statehouse.

A longtime Indiana University law professor was one of the participants of the original critical race theory workshop held in 1989 and discussed the reason for the practice during a local NAACP event.