HENEGAR: Constitution reinforces power of the people
The ACLU has held every presidential administration accountable to the letter of the Constitution. And we will hold this administration accountable, too.
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BLICKMAN: Take action against divisiveness
Expand your published workplace harassment and discrimination policy. Use it to express that your company places the highest value on respect for others and human dignity.
McCAULEY: Let head rule decisions on memorials
The mind should lead emotions when considering what to do about Confederate memorials. Inverting this equation leads to subjective—not clear-thinking, objective—decision-making. That
WESTERHAUS-RENFROW: Dear millennials, we need you
Millennials, rest assured. There is a silver lining in the national shortage of skilled labor. Quite simply, it’s you.
GUY: Why teacher evaluations don’t work
Using student test scores to measure teachers, and, by extension, their schools, is impossible, irrelevant, misleading, unfriendly and manifestly unfair.
DALTON: A challenge—aging with disabilities
It is expected that, by 2025, approximately 25 percent of individuals receiving developmental disability services will be over age 60.
COOPER: Time for tech to confront gender inequality
What women really need leaders in tech to do right now is take principled positions against discrimination. Come out and say that sexism, bro-cultures and pay inequality are not OK.
LENZI: Good design built on integrating, connecting
In the IoT era, design must address the integration of objects, functions and processes at the systems level along with the creative ability to see connections previously unnoticed, and within a business’s economic and technological constraints. This can be taught.
THOMAS: Life in a divided city
How could people in the divided city of Aleppo, Syria, live such different lives? I couldn’t imagine it—until I considered ways our city is divided.
MUSGRAVE: Giving good firms the boost to be better
I’ll concede that private equity might have a marketing problem. Somewhere along the way, it got a bad rap, which is a shame when you consider the impact private equity has had in Indiana.
CORLEY: Big-picture thinking can get you promoted
I will always remember a quote from my mentor, Ray Brown at Duke University: “You can’t keep your eyes on the hills when your nose is on the grindstone.”
McCABE: The good, bad and ugly of Paris pull-out
What difference will our country’s withdrawal really make? There’s both good news and bad news.
MADDOX: Trump’s greatest legacy will be the courts
Despite amateur hour in the White House, Trump’s greatest legacy will be the conservative men and women he appoints to the federal courts. This is ironic given that, for most of his life, Trump was a Democrat and has acknowledged not having a strong ideological foundation for his political positions.
KENNEDY: Contrasts in leadership
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett has shown leadership in his handling of the police shooting of an unarmed black man.
SPRINGER: Broad Ripple High should remain a school
Yes, boutiques and coffee shops are wonderful amenities, but schools are often the determining factor for families choosing a home or neighborhood.
OSILI: Older employees are crucial to our workforce
Years of life experience, maturity and age-accumulated wisdom suggest a tech-smart older workforce is greatly beneficial to any community.
EDWARDS: Shovels or ladders?
Some of us are using the ability to personalize our belief systems to shut ourselves off from information and ideas that might challenge those beliefs and cause us to think and act differently.
WESTERHAUS-RENFROW: Company culture: the elephant in the room
Effective communication in the workplace among people from diverse cultures can be especially challenging, especially between a head office located overseas and the regional units in the Indianapolis metro area.
MORRIS: Chicago—full of fun and taxes
Chicago’s official website lists 32 city taxes, including a bag tax that’s led to retailers charging customers to put their merchandise in a sack.
LaPIERRE: HIP 2.0 needs more time to show results
The current debate about health care programs will result in consequential health outcomes for real people.