Karen Celestino-Horseman: State GOP’s embrace of voting at polls puts lives at risk
Voting should be one of the easiest constitutional rights to exercise, so why are Hoosiers being forced to choose between protecting themselves or voting?
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Jim Shella: This group helps partisans see the other side
It pairs Republicans with Democrats and then conducts weekly lunches, monthly meetings, workshops and debates in the effort to battle the political polarization that is fueled by social media, cable TV and politicians.
Riley Parr: Don’t let Indy’s downtown slide backward
A few weeks ago, I met a friend for mid-morning coffee on a weekday at the Starbucks on Monument Circle. We sat on the south-facing steps of the Circle for nearly an hour-and-a-half. During that time, it’s not an exaggeration to say, 80% of the people we saw were homeless. I walked to the Circle […]
Jennifer Wagner: Downtown is dead. Long live downtown.
If you go downtown these days, you’ll see that some of that damage remains. You’ll also see a lot of homelessness and drug addiction on the streets.
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: Does Joe Hogsett still want to be mayor?
There was no immediate tour of downtown, no conversations with the business owners.
Brad Rateike: Working at home helps spouses appreciate each other
Over the past few months, many of my friends, both men and women, have made similar comments about finding a new appreciation of the work their spouses do after seeing it up close.
Michael Leppert: The valuable lesson I learned about what I value
The most meaningful thing I got out of grad school is, I now have a clearer vision of value.
Deborah Daniels: Learn to identify falsehoods that undermine Democracy
There is a new generation of cybercriminal seeking to undermine our democratic institutions, destabilize American society and create chaos in our country.
Dr. Richard Feldman: When you can’t trust your president in a pandemic
Coronavirus is deaf to the administration’s pervasive disinformation campaign and is delighted with some governors, who, like lemmings, are jumping off a cliff in blind obedience to their leader and political ideology.
Marshawn Wolley: The Black community needs accomplices
We also know that, in the aggregate, congressional districts with higher Black populations received less PPP funding than congressional districts with lower Black populations.
Curt Smith: Children do best when raised by their married parents
In certain Indiana political circles, it has become controversial to state that children do best when raised by their own married biological father and mother.
Michael Leppert: ‘I know nothing’ was sitcom gold, but not presidential
I never thought I would see a presidential administration adamantly use ignorance as a defense for mishandling intelligence.
Pierre Atlas: America’s first pro-Russia president
Trump’s most recent actions have actually rewarded Putin and supported Russia’s geopolitical goals.
Jim Shella: How desperate for money is the Trump campaign?
What I don’t get is the desperate and misleading tone. Empty promises verging on threats.
Karen Celestino-Horseman: The fireflies have returned
It is the small victories that propel us forward, and that is the direction I intend to go—ahead.
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: The ‘cancel culture’ is getting ridiculous
I am the first one to say Confederate monuments don’t belong in the public square. However, that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t exist.
Deborah Daniels: Equity debate must be about more than policing
No one should speak of “giving” Blacks a seat at the table; that itself is offensive.
Shariq Siddiqui: Racism is everyone’s problem, everyone’s weakness
As a human being, I am flawed. That flaw includes racial bias and prejudice.
Marshawn Wolley: Here’s why candidates for governor need a Black agenda
State officials are just as responsible as local government for the development of systemic racism in Indianapolis over time.
Riley Parr: Don’t consider history in the context of today
Can any of those armed with torches and pitchforks seriously say that if they had been born in a different era they would hold precisely all of the same beliefs they have today? To answer yes is a few notches above the height of arrogance.