by Jillian B. Carr COVID-19 stay-at-home orders surely saved many lives, but a growing number of studies document that lockdowns led to more reports of domestic violence. Even as 911 calls for police help increased, […more…]
by Timberly Ferree Indiana Phenology is looking for eight schools to join its Schoolyard Phenology program. Phenology is the study of natural phenomena associated with cycles and seasons. As part of its K-12 STEM programming, […more…]
By Ryan Mears and Vop Osili The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the unfortunate realities of inequity, poverty, and lack of healthcare that too many Americans face. One crisis that has been delayed but […more…]
Mayor Joe Hogsett joined members of the Indy Parks staff, the development team, as well as community leaders at a July 14 groundbreaking on the Broad Ripple Park site. “There’s quite a lot to celebrate […more…]
by Paul Mullins In 1964 New York designer Edward Durell Stone advised the Art of Association of Indianapolis to move the John Herron Museum of Art from its location at 16th and Pennsylvania Streets. The […more…]
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) issued a statewide alert on Indiana air quality July 21-22 due to smoke from wildfires in the western United States and Canada. Air Quality Action Days generally occur […more…]
by Jeramy Townsley, Unai Miguel Andres and Matt Nowlin Although the Civil Rights Movement began to reshape race relations, especially by making segregation illegal, the policies and practices of a segregated society continue to influence […more…]
Indianapolis City-County Councillor John Barth (District 7) doesn’t have to look at the data to know what’s going on with traffic across Marion County; he can just look at his email inbox. “Every single week […more…]
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 presented logistical challenges for a lot of professions — not least among them those most essential of essential workers, emergency medical responders. In Indiana, the largest provider of emergency pre-hospital […more…]
By Anne Laker It’s safe to say that Indianapolis no longer has one particular arts district. And that’s surely a good thing. But it doesn’t mean that Broad Ripple can’t reinvent its creative mojo. Three […more…]
