Rep. Ed DeLaney: Young women answer the call
It has been a full century since women were permitted to vote. But they are woefully underrepresented in the halls of power.
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Dr. Richard Feldman: Cases are on the rise, and an update vaccine is needed
At this point, we can’t expect unvaccinated Americans to ever roll up their sleeve. They’ve made their decision.
Brian Schutt: Growing entrepreneurship requires growing support
Current and future lawmakers should consider tax reforms that create more simplicity and consistency during the critical infancy stage.
Whitley Yates: Planting seeds to support small businesses
Data suggests that access to capital, specifically for Black entrepreneurs, is a key obstacle in growing and scaling our business.
Marshawn Wolley: Whom do Americans trust? Small business
Small businesses create community—which might be harder for other institutions to mimic in the same way.
Shariq Siddiqui: Not-for-profit colleges should be scrutinized more
It is critical that we discuss the role expensive, private, not-for-profit colleges and universities play in making the student loan problem worse.
Claire Fiddian-Green: Indiana needs to hyperfocus on education
We must … take decisive actions to remove the barriers that prevent too many people from achieving the American dream.
Dr. Richard Feldman: Proposed rules on cigarettes would improve health
The tobacco industry has aggressively marketed menthol cigarettes (like Newport and Kool) to minority groups.
Jim Shella: As pollster, Vargus left big impact on politics
Politicians questioned the sample sizes, the methodology and Brian’s integrity. But they couldn’t shop their numbers freely anymore.
Deborah Daniels: America is still the land of hope, opportunity
I still believe we live in the best nation in the world, with the greatest opportunities for individual achievement.
Jennifer Wagner Chartier: Government can learn from the Disney way
Service is presented not as a moment in time but as a continuum.
Brad Rateike: Should we extend gratuity to more professions?
Why are we not eager to reward those who perform jobs we are otherwise incapable of doing ourselves?
Curt Smith: The court’s abortion decision is a civics lesson
As Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote … the Constitution is neutral on abortion—it neither favors nor opposes.
Dana Black: Dobbs decision sends us back in time
Unenumerated rights are legal rights that are inferred but not expressly written, or ‘enumerated,’ within the Constitution.
Jennifer Wagner Chartier: Let’s rearrange ‘just’ in our vocabulary
The way we sort and dismiss differing views makes it nearly impossible to have rational conversations about anything.
Curt Smith: Overturning Roe is right choice for country
The lack of regard for a pre-born child contributes to school shootings, teen gun violence and child abuse.
Deborah Daniels: Who are the real Republicans?
The party of Reagan was one of purpose and optimism.
Karen Celestino-Horseman: Convention of States needs to be better exposed
So far this year, the legislatures of Wisconsin, Nebraska, West Virginia and South Carolina have passed resolutions calling for a constitutional convention.
Whitley Yates: Avoid ‘us’ versus ‘them,’ instead think ‘we’
It is comfortable, and dare I say, ‘safe,’ to sit in the silos of sameness and discuss the ills of our state or our country with people who agree with you.
Jim Shella: European vacation gave me glimpse of future
It leads me to believe that … electric vehicles will someday dominate the auto scene in America.