Claire Fiddian-Green: Here’s how to improve state’s education outcomes
Our top two priorities should be strengthening Indiana’s teacher preparation programs and enrolling more high school graduates in post-secondary education.
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Brad Rateike: If you’re going to be a mentor, do so with candor
Tough love, if administered with true ‘love,’ is often the best way to deliver advice that might (or might not) take root.
Whitley Yates: How to avoid commodifying color
You can have diversity programs to intentionally increase representation without leaving a group of people feeling misused.
Karen Celestino-Horseman: Context is everything on social media
Lack of context is the problem with Twitter and any other social media platform that limits the number of characters that can be used.
Dr. Richard Feldman: Legislature makes good–and bad–health policy
SB 382 lowers the taxation on closed vaping products and on other smokeless tobacco products. Absolutely reprehensible.
Curt Smith: Let’s have a thoughtful conversation about race
The Remnant Trust is hosting a Great Conversations series symposium in Indianapolis in May featuring Robert Woodson.
Marshawn Wolley: Banks need good data to make good decisions
Collecting race data on business lending is more of an investment in an underserved market than a cost.
Deborah Daniels: New gun laws are complicating job of police
Our constitutional rights come with qualifiers.
Claire Fiddian-Green: Be creative in attacking health worker shortage
As we think about maximizing the reach of telehealth to serve at-risk populations, growing access to broadband internet must be a key priority.
Jim Shella: Justice takes time and I’m willing to wait
I’m one of a large number of baby boomers who went into journalism because of Watergate.
Dana Black: You pay to be on the team, so get in the game
We all have a part to play; sitting on the bench is not one of them.
Brad Rateike: In a primary, your friends win—and lose
Deliberating the pros and cons of candidates within the political party you support should be easy, but it rarely is.
Rep. Ed DeLaney: Will there be any trophies for our legislators?
Few, if any, new ideas made it through the Legislature.
Karen Celestino-Horseman: Jackson is eminently qualified to be on high court
Republicans are afraid she will not engage in judicial activism that supports their causes by overturning existing precedent.
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: Score one for journalism and the good guys
If you want to keep me out of your news conferences, I suggest next time to try kryptonite.
Fiddian-Green: Decreasing substance abuse requires holistic approach
We also must ensure that those who need immediate help can receive it without facing stigma.
Dr. Richard Feldman: Comfort model treats drug-addicted newborns best
Babies rarely need morphine.
Pierre Atlas: Ukrainian war is Putin’s attack on democracy
Within just a few days of the invasion, Russia became more globally isolated than it had ever been in its history
Curt Smith: War in Ukraine offers opportunity to confront China
If Putin prevails without paying an unacceptable cost, China will be emboldened to more aggressively assert its claim over Taiwan.
Shariq Siddiqui: Take advantage of Muslims’ generosity during Ramadan
[Muslims] are regularly reminded during this month that Prophet Muhammad was the most generous in Ramadan.