Brad Rateike: Leaks undermine good governance
Imagine if every private conversation you had at work were made available to the press, to your customers, to your boss.
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Adrianne Slash: Legislators need to get out of their echo chambers
The more representative voices in the elective process, the better.
Anne Hathaway: IndyGo has not made safety a priority in Red Line project
IndyGo officials have offered little in the way of solutions or partnership—replying with nothing more than verbal shrugs.
Karen Celestino-Horseman: Gun ownership should come at a price
The Constitution might promise the right to bear arms, but that right is not unlimited.
VW money available soon for air-quality projects
The primary goal is to produce sustainable, transformative projects.
Claire Fiddian-Green: Education is key to breaking the cycle of poverty
Poverty does not have to equate to destiny.
Ed DeLaney: The new attack on common schools
The transition from educating broadly to training for careers would call for a dramatic reconsideration of the purpose of public education.
Leah McGrath: More important than straight A’s
Somewhere in time, we separated morality and mindfulness from academics in schools.
John McDonald: Let’s expand the definition of ‘teacher’
We have to train data workers in skills like individual entrepreneurship, design thinking, software coding, blockchain, machine learning and the gig economy.
Deborah Hearn Smith: Here before the Mayflower ever arrived
It pains me to know a young person can graduate with honors from high school and not know the importance of anyone of non-European ancestry.
Dana Black: Black History Month education is for white folks, too
We have contributed at every level to make this nation what it is and you can’t ignore it because the ugly parts make you uncomfortable.
Una Osili: Misperceptions about inequality hamper debate
Many Americans hold overly optimistic beliefs concerning the current state of racial disparities.
Carey Hamilton: Why do we make it hard for working people to vote?
If voters demand sensible, responsible leadership, I’m optimistic we can overcome reflexive partisanship.
Kyle Hupfer: To increase the vote, let’s talk civics
We need to ensure that every student, before he or she enters adulthood and the rigors of daily life, has a basic understanding of our form of government.
MIKE LOPRESTI: A hoops classic that never gets old—even after 60 years
Ray Pavy recalls the night he and his late friend, Jimmy Rayl, combined for 100 points.
URBAN DESIGN: Red Line predecessors led to city prosperity
Previous expansions of public transportation were also followed by population growth.
BOHANON & CUROTT: Market economy makes us richer than Rockefeller
When the first-ever Forbes list of the wealthiest Americans came out in 1918, John D. Rockefeller was on top with an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion. Adjusted for inflation, that’s more than $20 billion today. Does that staggering sum make you envious? It shouldn’t. Consider the following hypothetical: How much money would someone have to offer […]
HAHN: Don’t let financial secrets put strain on your marriage
How can you manage money disagreements and keep your relationship on track?
FEIGENBAUM: Debates about major issues remain behind closed doors
While you’re still waiting on some indication as to the fate—or even direction—of the key items on the legislative agenda, lots has been happening beneath the surface on most of them.
Opioid ‘progress’ is fiction, not fact
A recent report card from the Indiana Commission to Combat Drug Abuse suggests the state is seeing progress in the fight against the opioid epidemic. First published by IBJ [Opioid war rages on, but those on the front lines see progress, Nov. 23], the commission reported that Indiana saw a 10 percent drop in opioid painkillers […]