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Hoosier politics has long operated on a kind of practical decency: the conviction that even when national passions run hot, Indiana should keep its feet planted on stable ground. The vote that derailed President Trump’s aggressive redistricting push this week reflected that old temperament. It also illuminated, in an unexpected way, the civic example Mike Read More “The Unlikely Dignity of Mike Pence”
People gather in kitchens across America today. Someone is checking the turkey, another is trying to find the good plates, a niece drifts into the room with headphones and slides back out again. Families arrive with their private burdens tucked under their arms. They bring anxieties about money, worries about illness, or the unspoken tension Read More “Hope as a Political Act, A Thanksgiving Reflection”
Commissioner Engelbert, WNBPA leadership, team owners, and members of the basketball community: I am writing as a longtime supporter of the WNBA who believes that the league is entering an important moment in its history. The momentum around women’s sports has never been stronger, and the WNBA stands at the center of a cultural shift Read More “An Open Letter to the WNBA and Its Stakeholders”
The video opens the way these things usually do. A blurred screenshot. A whispery narrator. The suggestion of a hidden truth just out of reach. Facts are optional. Ambiguity is the point. A vague accusation drops into the digital bloodstream and within hours it mutates into certainty. Thousands share it. Tens of thousands believe it. Read More “When Disinformation Becomes a Business Model”
The NBA tipped off another season last night, and for those of us who have followed the game since Reggie and Rik, something feels different this time. The league is no longer chasing the NFL. It is quietly outgrowing it. The NFL still makes more money, but that’s not the same as momentum. Football owns Read More “The NBA’s Global Bet: How Basketball Became America’s Most Valuable Export”
Something remarkable is happening. Across the country, renters are joining together to form tenant unions on a scale we have never seen before. In affordable housing complexes owned by Capital Realty Group, more than 1,000 residents in five states are organizing across buildings, across cities, and even across state lines. It is a hopeful, inspiring Read More “The New Labor Movement Is in Our Living Rooms”
Jenna runs a 35-person coffee roastery in the foothills of North Carolina. It’s the kind of place where everyone knows each other’s schedule, where a sick day strains the whole team. Like most small business owners, she wears every hat: manager, scheduler, problem solver, sometimes dishwasher. And like too many others, she’s been blindsided by Read More “The One Question That Helped a Small Business Stop Losing Good People”
Here’s the thing about breakthrough technologies: they don’t announce themselves with fanfare. They creep up on us, quietly building momentum until suddenly they’re everywhere. Take artificial intelligence. For years, it was just something computer scientists talked about at conferences. Then ChatGPT came along, and overnight everyone could have a conversation with a machine. That’s when Read More “AI maybe the new king but soon Quantum will be guarding the castle”
Nobody’s shouting it from the rooftops, and maybe that’s part of the problem. But Sunday, Bubba Wallace won the Brickyard 400, and if you’re Black and if you’re from Indianapolis you felt that in your bones. For me, it wasn’t just a race. It was a bridge across generations. My grandfather was one of the Read More “Racing Toward Redemption: A Black Man Wins at Indy”
He was five years old the first time he understood that possibility and uncertainty can arrive together. The air in Long Beach smelled of salt and sunlight as his mother led him off a bus from Lima. They carried little beyond a battered suitcase, their shared language, and the quiet hope that America might be Read More “Who Is Robert Garcia and Why You Want to Know”