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Politics has changed to reflect our divided, divisive discourse.
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Dr. Richard Feldman: Cut back on red meat to live your healthiest life
Cancer mortality risk increased 10% for one additional daily serving of red meat.
Whitley Yates: Prioritize your mental health as a content creator
In a world where content is king, the line between living and going live has become blurred.
Dana Black: We’re loud and proud and not going anywhere
LGBTQ+ youth are more than four times as likely to attempt suicide than their peers.
Deborah Daniels: Book-banning is coming to a school near you
The efforts of some in this country to ban books because they personally find them offensive are alarming.
Jennifer Wagner Chartier: Let’s move the start of the school day to later
Shifting to later start times isn’t just good for the kids; it’s good for grownups, too.
Brad Rateike: Betting on yourself is riskiest in the public eye
Being able to move past or ignore those moments of doubt defines the real gamblers.
Marshawn Wolley: Indianapolis, let’s bet on our Black businesses
Black women are leading. Follow them.
Brian Schutt: Nurturing entrepreneurial ecosystems: a garden analogy
As gardens require the right mix of soil nutrients, sunlight and water to help seeds grow and thrive, entrepreneurial ecosystems also require a complex system of interdependence and care.
Pierre Atlas: Students focus on keeping guns from bad people
I asked my students to … craft a policy proposal aimed at reducing some form of gun violence.
Marshawn Wolley: Here’s the reality of the low Black unemployment rate
The way we currently calculate unemployment rates distorts the economic reality of this community.
Dr. Richard Feldman: Medicine saw many wins, some losses this session
Senate Bill 4 … infuses $225 million over the biennium for local health department infrastructure and provision of health programs.
Jim Shella: As emergency expires, I’m still COVID-aware
More than 1 million people in America have died from COVID. In Indiana, 26,000 died.
Claire Fiddian-Green: Smoking, pollution are dragging Indiana down
The benefits of a healthier Indiana would include longer average life expectancy, a larger tax-paying population, lower healthcare costs, and a more productive workforce.
Whitley Yates: The rise in performative leadership limits change
When leaders use their positions as platforms for personal prominence, it can undermine the integrity and effectiveness of the institution they represent.
Jennifer Wagner Chartier: Ending slating has benefited the democratic process
The slating process ultimately ended because a handful of aspiring candidates grew weary of being told to wait their turn.
Curt Smith: The Legislature delivered wins for all conservatives
Among its many accomplishments are policy wins for fiscal conservatives, education reformers and social conservatives.
Brad Rateike: If you can be a friend, be a friend
Sometimes we have opportunities where we just need to help people find the way out, regardless of whether it is “our job” or not.
Shariq Siddiqui: Month of Ramadan offers opportunity for philanthropy
Research suggests that Muslims pledge or donate the vast majority of their philanthropy during the month of Ramadan.
Dr. Richard Feldman: We should allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control
Unplanned/unintended pregnancies are related to increased maternal and infant mortality.