Regarding Marshawn Wolley’s recent column [We’re facing a crisis in our criminal justice system, Forefront, June 8], any loss of life regardless of color is tragic. However, there is no such thing to police officers as “to get tough on crime.” Their job on a daily basis is to enforce the law and protect and […]
Communities like Indianapolis cannot afford to watch idly as more of their human capital drifts further into isolation from the job market and productive economy.
Having Soldiers and Sailors Monument next to IBJ’s new headquarters is honor and inspiration.
City officials can’t ignore the questions and concerns about downtown. Maybe the Mile Square taxing district wasn’t the right answer to address the problems. But we’re eager to find out what is.
Let’s start with the easy part. The policy of separating children from their parents at the southern border, delivering them into a bureaucratic labyrinth while their fathers and mothers await trial or petition for asylum, is the wickedest thing the Trump administration has done so far—and you can tell exactly how wicked by observing how […]
Dear Robert De Niro, Samantha Bee and other Trump haters: I get that you’re angry. I’m angry, too. But anger isn’t a strategy. Sometimes it’s a trap. When you find yourself spewing four-letter words, you’ve fallen into it. You’ve chosen cheap theatrics over the long game, catharsis over cunning. You think you’re raising your fist […]
As we lay the framework for November’s elections, we’re seeing the emergence of a new face of the Democratic Party—more progressive, more left wing. The Democratic Party is delivering more candidates around the nation like Stacey Abrams, recently nominated for governor in Georgia. She’s unabashedly boilerplate, in-your-face, hard left. Pro-big government, pro-abortion, pro-LGBT rights. Recent […]
The best way to reduce smoking is to tax the hell out of it and use the tax dollars to fund programs that help people quit.
About 37,000 Hoosier babies are born each year with two strikes against them—no father in the home and an impoverished mother.
The fact that we stand strong is proof that no matter how some try to harm or silence us, we will not go away.
The list of those supporting this language reads like a who’s who of Republican politics.
Hoosier families are more varied and diverse than just a few decades ago.
The collapse of marriage is the primary cause of child poverty in the United States.
We have once again gone to our corners to shout at the other side. Listening is a lost art.
Companies that offer flexible work schedules frequently see more productive, engaged and happier employees.
IDEM works side by side with numerous locally led watershed groups to help improve water quality.
Equity matters. In order to build trust with communities, our response in their time of need must be equitable.
Until the passage of the Affordable Care Act, our regulation was a very light touch.
Policymakers should be working together to improve the ACA, rather than blow it up.
We need to envision the Indianapolis-Paris flight as a first step in a new era of global connectivity for Indiana.
