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Haitians who made Indiana home prepare for end of legal protections for thousands

His given name is Obensley. But during the process of immigrating to the United States from Haiti, he became Obenson. Obenson Jean Gilles.  In the 1990s,...

Braun announces end of race- and sex-based consideration in state contracting

Following a legal opinion from Attorney General Todd Rokita finding race- and sex-based considerations in contracting in the Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises (M/WBE)...

Porter calls for investing state surplus in Hoosiers after fiscal year-end report 

State Rep. Gregory W. Porter (D-Indianapolis) is calling on lawmakers to use Indiana's stronger-than-expected fiscal position to address rising costs facing Hoosiers following the release of the...

Cruelty is the point: Haiti, TPS and the politics of punishment

Haiti is not an abstraction. Haiti is a nation whose pain has too often been treated as policy collateral, a people whose labor is...

Mayor Deb Whitfield announces campaign for re-election

Still Time. Still Delivering. Standing on a record of measurable accomplishments and a vision for Lawrence's future, Mayor Deb Whitfield today announced her campaign for...

So … help me, God.

Recently, the State of Texas voted to begin incorporating the teaching of the Bible to its 5.5 million public school students. The new social...

250 years of multi-generational life stories in the United States

“Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will...

What is the Fourth of July to us?

In 1852 Frederick Douglass agreed to speak at a July 4th celebration in New York.  In his speech he recognized July 4th as the...

“If you can keep it.”

As I think about the U.S. commemorating our 250th anniversary, I am consumed with substantially more questions than answers, from the philosophical, to the...

Frederick Douglass on immigration

By LARRY SMITH In a matter of days, we will learn the Supreme Court’s decision regarding whether to uphold the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause. That...
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