Una Osili: Racial gaps in entrepreneurship exacerbate inequality
The venture sector is 87% white—and only 4% African American and Latino.
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John McDonald: We need to turn around entrepreneurism in Indiana
Wouldn’t it be great if all of our state’s experienced entrepreneurs would take budding leaders under their wing and help them avoid the avoidable?
Deborah Hearn Smith: Greed, power are overshadowing real needs
Even in the current darkness, hope must be maintained.
Claire Fiddian-Green: Leaving a legacy: Lessons from two role models
Define your purpose in life. Work hard to achieve it. Invest in your personal relationships.
Cameron Carter: Nostalgia not enough to save Indiana Beach
Redevelopment is key, but will Apex sit and hold like the value-extruding, balance-sheet enterprise it seems to be?
Adrianne Slash: We must come together to serve Indy’s youth
Stepping up can empower a generation. Let’s do that.
Jennifer L. Ping: Indiana needs policies that support pregnant women
More women than ever are working and are the primary income earners for their families in Indiana.
Ed DeLaney: Blaming the rural folks for Republican inaction
If you have gerrymandered districts and long-serving members from safe, rural districts, you get ‘rural rule.
Brad Rateike: Everyone needs a mentor—and a champion
The true champion model is meant to encourage, support and reward authentic virtue, competence and accomplishment.
Sid Mishkin: Democrats can’t be picky in race to beat Trump
We can work on our differences after the election.
Dana Black: Voter ID laws part of long history voter suppression
No matter your political affiliation, you should want all eligible citizens to have access to the ballot.
Beverly Gard: Protecting Indiana’s precious water resources
No amount of regulation can prevent irresponsibility or carelessness.
Gary Varvel: Here’s how to address Indy’s startling homicide rate
Washington believed national morality required religious principles to guide people to make moral decisions.
Steve Sanders: Ball State erred in handling of professor
A serious university demonstrates fairness and due process before taking punitive action against a faculty member or student.
Pierre Atlas: The Founders are spinning in their graves
Can anyone say with a straight face that these Republicans would have voted ‘not guilty’ had President Obama done the exact same things as Trump?
Bill Oesterle: Why do women disappear from politics?
One hundred percent of the elected lieutenant governors in that period are women. … Not one of those women became governor.
Michael Leppert: Here’s who should have received president’s medal
Dividing Americans is a skill Donald Trump and Rush Limbaugh share.
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz: Put an end to taxpayer-funded primaries
If the point is for Democrats and Republicans to pick their candidates for the general election, why should the general public pick up the tab?
Tom LoBianco: What’s the right approach? Rip it up or don’t care?
Nancy Pelosi’s fire stands in contrast to Pete Buttigieg’s calculated coolness on the campaign trail.
Riley Parr: Undermining what it means to be American
The tension between what kind of equality Americans want lies at the heart of what most separate us today.