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.
Leah McGrath: Invest in new economy to boost middle class
We have the potential to grow businesses right here and to grow our talent pool through education and workforce efforts.
Anne Hathaway: GOP women’s program preparing for next election cycle
The Lugar Series, where I am executive director, was launched in 1990 by Judy Singleton and Teresa Lubbers with the full support of Lugar and the hope of guiding more Republican women to elected office and public service.
Adrianne Slash: Let’s subject candidates to a job interview
Nothing is more motivating to cast your vote than having a candidate you believe in, or one you’re terrified of, on the ballot. But how do you know if a candidate is one or the other?
Gerry Lanosga: Debates must be about candidates, issues and voters
Some ongoing criticism of the debate commission, including here in Forefront, reflected a fundamental lack of understanding about how we work and why we exist.
Ed DeLaney: Two slips offer insight into GOP motivation
Public concern about favoritism is increased when there has been no public testimony, no amendments allowed for the minority, no witnesses, and no public lobbying.
Dana Black: Gaining hope from seven women
Democrats have five women and Republicans have two women running for congress.
Bill Oesterle: Senate campaign piece was anti-Semitic, gay-baiting
I have never seen anything like it in Indiana.
Jennifer Ping: Why I’ve become a Girl Scout again
As a society, we have not placed a high enough value on what Girl Scouts provides for girls the way we have for Boy Scouts for boys.
Deborah Hearn Smith: Boy Scouts’ decision to add girls is all business
It is my belief after more than five decades at all levels, from Brownie to CEO, that a girl’s best interest is served in a single-gender, research-based, outcome-driven organization that values the total girl.
Baron Hill: Fake news or real news: What to believe?
Democracy is sustained by a free and open press. For the president to disparage this institution is to attack the very core of who we are.
Karen Celestino-Horseman: Immigration is not about politics, it’s about people
The current administration needs to address it with the precision of an experienced seamstress, reinforcing weaknesses and reworking the threads to make the fabric of all lives beneficially joined.
Una Osili: Immigrants contribute to public good
With the rising visibility of new immigrants, the public debate surrounding immigration policy has grown more divisive and controversial.
John McDonald: What is privacy in an internet-connected world?
Our responsibility is not only to author innovation, but to earn and maintain the trust of our users through secure, honest data collection.
Shariq Siddiqui: Not-for-profits need to maintain innovation
Innovators and entrepreneurs (business and philanthropic) sometimes have to go beyond that which we know is achievable.