Monthly Archives: November 2025

About 3,000 Third Grade Students Held Back This Year

November 13, 2025 | by Weekly View

INDIANA — The 2024 law that mandates retention for student who don’t pass the IREAD-3 is in effect, and around 3,000 third graders will need to repeat the grade. The law sought to address the growing number of students who were promoted to fourth grade without passing the test, which … Read More

Dr. Haki R. Madhubuti to Present Free Lecture at Martin University

November 13, 2025 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Dr. Haki R. Madhubuti, a primary architect of the Black Arts Movement, will offer a free lecture at Martin University, 2186 N. Sherman Dr., at 6 p.m. on Nov 19. He is celebrated as a pivotal figure in the development of a strong Black literary tradition. The event … Read More

Travels with Paula: Day 5 and the Cinema Museum

November 13, 2025 | by Paula Nicewanger

Continuation of my June in Paris story, celebrating my 75th birthday with my daughter and granddaughter. On our fifth day we slept in a little. My daughter and I did our usual breakfast buffet in the hotel basement. We left our last full day in Paris open to fit in … Read More

“The Marble Heart”

November 13, 2025 | by Al Hunter

One hundred and sixty two years ago, an ominous event took place that must surely ranks among the most unusual portentous footnotes in all of American history. On November 9, 1863, just nine days before he boarded a train bound for Gettysburg enroute to deliver the most famous speech in … Read More

Falling Down

November 13, 2025 | by CJ Woods III

Michael Douglas starred in a film titled “Falling Down,” in which the only people falling down were those in Douglas’ way as he tried to “go home,” and he whacked them down with his briefcase and a captured baseball bat. But I’ve often said that once a person leaves the … Read More