Sheila Suess Kennedy: What family planning has meant to women’s liberation
Before the advent of reliable birth control, every sexual encounter carried the risk of pregnancy, and pregnancy generally meant the end of a woman’s economic independence.
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Dan Peterson: New opportunities for a healthier Indiana are in front of us
Legislators have unleashed significant resources to enhance mental and community health services in our 92 counties. These moves will help doctors address health challenges faced by their patients before it’s too late.
Chris Leeuw: Partners to offer needed services at former Five Seasons
The building will be transformed with an altruistic purpose—to provide affordable, longer-term access to neuro rehabilitation outside the boundaries of the high-cost health care system.
John A. Torr: Listen and try to understand other points of view
With a few notable exceptions, most candidates are well-intentioned and working toward the common good. The differences are on how best to get there, and reasonable people can disagree.
Carey Dahncke: Reimagining Indiana’s postsecondary pathways
Too many graduating seniors and employers are in a holding pattern, waiting for opportunities. To create real and lasting change, we must continue to reimagine a system where students and future employers collaborate alongside one another before these students enter the workforce.
William Powell: Reclaiming audiences will require creative thinking
Theaters must draw people back by presenting dynamic, highly entertaining performances, or they won’t last in a hyper-competitive marketplace.
Alison Bell: Higher ed leaders should see opportunity as ‘cliff’ nears
It’s critical that higher education leaders become more attuned to the evolving landscape of the workforce and, as a result, begin creating and expanding academic programs in high-demand fields such as K-12 education, health care, information technology and business.
Jefferson Shreve: Here’s a better approach for creating a safe community
The crisis is too urgent for posturing: We must do what it takes to save kids’ lives in our city and give our police the tools they need to bring order to our streets.
Dr. Enrico Repetto: We need health-savvy kids to stem diabetes epidemic
Awareness, understanding, nutrition and regular physical activity can teach lifelong healthy habits and stave off obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases.
William Plater: Kudos to all of the people who made IUPUI successful
There may be even more engaging dreams ahead in this era of dazzling new possibilities: harnessing artificial intelligence for the common good, drawing on Indiana’s local imagination to overcome global challenges and recentering democracy on more inclusive principles.
Daniel Elsener: Indiana must focus on science of reading to help kids
Critical third grade scores of our Hoosier students show nearly 1 in 5 is not even at basic reading level.
Ryan Ritchie: Coalition building boosts your chances for success
The most successful coalitions are those that appeal to the largest number of decisionmakers.
Marc Hackett: Investing in mental health care is just good business
Employers must invest in resources for employees to combat and treat mental health challenges, including burnout, depression, anxiety and more.
Kristin Jones: Health, jobs at risk with new drug price proposals
This shortsighted attempt to use the big fist of government to mandate drug prices would result in thousands of jobs exiting our state and would deliver an unrecoverable blow to the infrastructure that has supported the biopharmaceutical industry and the treatments and cures it delivers to millions of patients every day.
Brian Krider: Congress needs to pass the Credit Card Competition Act
In addition to the average 2.22% charge on every swipe, there are added fees for credit cards offering points or rewards, for swiping a second time to add a tip and even for manually entering a credit card.
Rob Panos: A pragmatic perspective on paid family leave
In early May, my wife and I welcomed a baby boy—our fourth child. As all parents can attest, the first few weeks with a new child are a whirlwind, whether it’s your first or your fourth. I was fortunate to have two weeks of paid time off from my employer following the birth. Those two […]
Sheri Fella: How to navigate exceptional times with your employees
I often start exceptional conversations with a simple statement: “That feels like a really hard space you are in. I don’t even know what to say.” Followed by a question, “What might support for you look like right now?”
Kate Maxwell: Legislature works against business and talent imperatives
If we are to succeed in that mission, we must draw talent from the fullness of the available talent pool, which includes women, people of color and the LGBTQ+ community.
Sandy Eisenberg Sasso: Reflections on retirement: It’s OK not to know what’s next
It is possible to break old habits and not to let circumstances control you.
Trish Demeter and Ed Burgess: A fateful choice looms for Indiana’s electricity grid
The state has the once-in-a-generation opportunity to drive energy costs down by simply taking advantage of market competition and acknowledging present-day realities.