Damon Hewlin: Considerations should be equitable, transformational
From afar, the City-County Building’s mark on the skyline is significant. Dated architecture, perhaps, but noticeably part of the urban fabric.
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What should happen to the City-County Building after it is partially vacated by its tenants? Plus, Jennifer Wagner and Abdul-Hakim Shabazz on attitudes toward downtown. And Claire Fiddian-Green calls for more creative ideas to boost civics literacy in Indiana.
Aaron M. Renn: Knock down the City-County Building and replace it
Having been created in an act of architectural homicide, the CCB itself should hardly be protected from meeting the same fate.
Forefront
Jim Shella: I was out of the country, off work on Sept. 11.
During 40 years in the news business, I was never so far removed as I was from the terrorist attack in 2001, possibly the biggest story of our time.
Karen Celestino-Horseman: Women must speak up to defend their right to choose
The refusal to stay the law from taking effect by the Supreme Court has given hope to those who oppose choice.
Curt Smith: Ruling could set precedent for more pro-life laws
It is time the states be allowed to pass laws that reflect the will of the citizenry.
Brad Rateike: The art of selling a home? Be realistic.
We want to look like we never leave a piece of paper out on a desk, or we wash and put away every dish following every meal.
Dana Black: It’s time to focus on 2022 elections
The Republican supermajority can and will do what it wants with little regard to the voices of all Hoosiers.
Michael Leppert: Great musicals really should stay off the screen
It is too often a mistake to turn something that makes a great musical into a movie. It doesn’t justify the risk.
Una Osili: Companies must rethink workplace giving
The pandemic has offered companies and employees a new opportunity to refocus.
Shariq Siddiqui: Program aims to educate on Muslim Americans
The philanthropic sector continues to have failed to be transformed by the impact of 9/11 on Muslim Americans.
Claire Fiddian-Green: We need more creative ideas to boost civics literacy
Right now, participation in Hoosier Hall Pass is low, and there is often a shortage of poll workers on Election Day.
Jennifer Wagner: Downtown Indy takes proactive approach with survey
I felt like the questions were very much in touch with the issues local residents and workers are facing.
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: Poll surveys attitudes on crime, COVID and charters
Forty percent of voters believe that Indianapolis is headed in the right direction, while an equal 40% think the city has gone off on the wrong track.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: Listen to the mothers and help end the COVID crisis
Let me suggest a simple start for Holcomb’s move toward real leadership: Require the hundreds of schools that are not reporting their COVID cases to do so.
Dr. Richard Feldman: A look at the world without vaccinations
It’s tragic that thousands of people are dying unnecessarily from our newest vaccine-preventable disease.
Deborah Daniels: Leaving Afghanistan after 20 years is concerning
Our collective lack of long-term memory and our tendency to ascribe ulterior motives to former government officials … leads us to be critical of those who acted to protect us then.
Pierre Atlas: Reflecting on the war in Afghanistan
After nearly 20 years, with about 2,400 American troops killed, 20,000 wounded, and $2 trillion, our counterinsurgency strategy failed.
Claire Fiddian-Green: New approach is needed to address K-12 equity gaps
Isn’t it time we acknowledge that what we have been doing to close K-12 equity gaps isn’t working?
Dr. Richard Feldman: We’re paying the price for COVID-19 mistakes
High rates of immunization would almost completely halt the delta wave and discourage newer variant development.
Deborah Daniels: Vaccines are not just a matter of personal choice
There is no way to beat this pandemic if we cannot get the vast majority of our population vaccinated.
Michael Leppert: Virus continues to prey on our greatest weaknesses
The problem is not even really about vaccines or masks. It’s about selfishness, which is much harder to solve.
Karen Celestino-Horseman: America needs to come together to fight COVID
If a second lockdown is imposed, it will not be pretty.