Dana Black: Mail-in voting should always be an option
It is obvious that creating greater access to voting is a bipartisan issue.
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Indiana is expanding mail-in voting to deal with the pandemic. Should that be a model for elections in the future? Republican Anne Hathaway and Democrat Dana Black weigh in. Plus, Jim Shella explores TV news in a pandemic, Marshawn Wolley explores the idea of “baby bonds” as a way to close the wealth gap and several columns explore what the pandemic has meant for society.
Anne Hathaway: Practical roadblocks hamper mail-only elections
That should not stop us from taking interim steps that will help Hoosiers vote in these unprecedented times.
Forefront
Marshawn Wolley: ‘Baby bonds’ are an idea that could close racial gaps
While family wealth grew for white, black and Latino families from 2013 to 2016, the gaps grew as well.
Jim Shella: We’re better off when TV news isn’t trying to be perfect
The moral to the story is not that TV is now flawed and substandard. It’s that content matters.
Shariq Siddiqui: Muslim American not-for-profits need your help
Traditionally, these organizations have been overlooked by American foundations.
Deborah Daniels: Central Indiana steps up to help during pandemic
Disasters tend to bring out the best in people.
Bill Oesterle: Leaders who are reopening economies are courageous
Without these actions, we would remain beholden to hypothetical dire predictions and “experts” who are also amateurs.
Dr. Richard Feldman: There’s a horrific price to pay for reopening too early
As mitigation is relaxed, there will certainly be increases in cases and mortality again.
Michael Leppert: Gaining perspective from the trip through the tunnel
The pandemic taught us how many have this luxurious work-from-home option, but more painfully, how many don’t.
Riley Parr: An identity crises, China and other virus outcomes
We should be wary of those who would use this crisis as an excuse to foist a much more expansive government upon us.
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: Hoosiers split on state, federal response to COVID-19
About 54% of respondents said the state is on the right track, while only 49% thought the country was going in the right direction.
Jennifer Wagner: The pandemic is changing politics—maybe for a while
Regardless of whether you do so in person or by mail, please make sure you actually cast a ballot.
Pierre Atlas: Leaders matter. On coronavirus, Trump is a failed leader.
Trump is arguably the only president in American history who lacks the capacity to feel empathy—or even the ability to fake it.
Curt Smith: The pandemic is forcing us to stop tolerating stupid
We are indeed interdependent, and there is dignity in all work.
Michael Leppert: White House briefings remind me of children lying
As we collectively watch the COVID-19 pandemic evolve, the daily briefings from the White House have been reduced to exercises in verbal deceit.
Sid Mishkin: In a time of crisis, where is our leader?
The president should do his job, not pass it off to the states.
Marshawn Wolley: Virus crisis exacerbates existing racial gaps
We know the economy is sick now—but it’s been unhealthy for large segments of the community even in good times.
Curt Smith: The way Indiana defines ‘pro-life’ in coronavirus crisis
We value life over commerce, we readily invest wealth and will suffer sharp economic harm … to save lives.
Deborah Daniels: Putting our freedoms on hold for the common good
We are facing an enemy that could take four or five times as many U.S. lives as World War II—but only if it is not carefully managed.
Jennifer Wagner: Question officials—but for now, do it from home
If we do not heed warnings based on science and math, many more among us will fall ill, and some will die.
Riley Parr: Stepping up for a cause far bigger than any one of us
Scarcity does actually exist. Resources are not limitless and must be prioritized.
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: COVID-19 brings out the best (and worst) in us
Coronavirus is like alcohol, money and power. It shows who among us are the flowers who could use a dousing of Roundup.