DEBORAH DANIELS: Response to merit board showcases city’s strength
Strong opinions were expressed, and calls were made for immediate changes in the merit board, but we did not experience violence.
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MARSHAWN WOLLEY: We’re facing a crisis in our criminal justice system
We can’t remember the last time a police officer was prosecuted and convicted for killing a black person while on duty in Marion County.
SHARIQ SIDDIQUI: Education reformers lose sight of humanity
Have we considered that education can be not only utilitarian but also transformative? Transformative not in terms of the economic benefits it can produce, but in the way it can lead to meaningful lives and a better world.
JIM SHELLA: Donald Trump might change use of anonymous sources
Not all anonymous sources share their information in sinister conversations in back hallways.
CHRISTINA HALE: Changes in the home influence school safety
These days, it is nearly impossible to know when our children are filling their minds with hate and dark propaganda.
MICHAEL LEPPERT: School shootings and a slow fall down the stairs
In Noblesville, it was finally our turn. A student, for whatever reason, took a gun into a classroom and started firing.
CURT SMITH: Indiana should stay on sports-gambling sidelines
Gambling is nothing more than a tax on people who don’t know math.
JENNIFER HALLOWELL: Let’s embrace sports-betting opportunity
There are plenty of reasons it makes sense for Indiana to lead the first wave of states legalizing sports betting. Chief among them is our reputation as a sports mecca.
2018 Innovation Issue Q&A: Expert says blockchain isn’t for everyone
Hong Wan, director of the Purdue Blockchain Lab, is researching the ways the distributed-ledger technology can help industry become more secure and transparent.
2018 Innovation Issue: John Wechsler says Indiana can be the crossroads of IoT innovation
Our state’s key industries—manufacturing, agriculture and logistics—face imminent disruption from internet-connected devices, referred to collectively as the internet of things.
2018 Innovation Issue: Mike Pellegrino recommends sometimes ignoring expert advice
Many successful entrepreneurs provided good advice early in my career, but I found a surprising number provided absolutely poor advice.
2018 Innovation Issue: Reynolds & Kohlstrand on what blockchain means for the practice of law
Blockchain might fundamentally change the way documents are verified and the way contracts are negotiated, executed and enforced.
2018 Innovation Issue: Sam Julka offers six ways workplaces can spur creativity
Employees have to be comfortable believing they can be and are creative.
2018 Innovation Issue: Appirio’s Jimerson says tech can influence diversity, inclusion
As a company that leverages the cloud to create better worker and customer experiences, Appirio offers a unique opportunity to elevate the way technology is used to mitigate diversity and inclusion challenges.
2018 Innovation Issue: Huber, Klitzsch & Kloth talk Indy Achieves
Indy Achieves seeks to increase the portion of central Indiana adults with a post-secondary credential to 65 percent and eliminate pervasive attainment gaps by 2027.
2018 Innovation Issue: Centric’s Jason Williams says ‘soft’ innovation skills matter
A growing number of industry leaders agree that simply an understanding, not a mastery, of technical skills will be necessary to compete in the future.
MIKE LOPRESTI: Stevens on brink of joining exclusive group of Hoosiers
Celtics coach poised to put his name next to others from Indiana who’ve reached NBA Finals.
LETTER: Shining a light on poverty
I feel strongly that the present minimum wage needs to be increased incrementally until it can provide a sustainable income to lift wage earners out of poverty.
LETTER: Time for city to tackle poverty
Concentrated poverty in Indianapolis is holding back hundreds of thousands of families from accessing opportunities for upward mobility and will hold us back from continued growth for all.
LETTER: Take broader look at interstate fix
We need a thorough, independent study of how to transform this crumbling, 50-year-old urban highway system into an economic driver for the entire region.