‘WORDS DO HURT’: Hoosiers line up at town hall in Greenfield to mostly denounce Lt. Gov. Beckwith’s comments about Pride Month
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen June 6, 2025 At Wednesday evening’s town hall meeting in Greenfield, Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith defended his recent social media rant against Pride Month, repeatedly saying he offered the message out of love, but many in the crowd co “...”
RELIGIOUS ROOTS: Christian nationalist ideals sprouting in Indiana legislation
By Samantha Camire, Ruth Cronin, Caroline Geib, Jonah Gotkin, Isabella Vesperini and Abigail White Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism at Indiana University May 29, 2025 Hoosiers often think Indiana is God’s country, but some state legislators wanted to make it official. “...”
BECKWITH BARNSTORMS: Indiana’s controversial lieutenant governor faces vastly different reactions in two town halls
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 26, 2025 At two town halls, held 48 hours apart in two locations separated by about 115 miles, Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith stirred starkly different responses when he said undocumented immigrants should not be afforded due-process r “...”
FAITH DISPUTE: Rokita and Beckwith’s ‘Churches’ Bill of Rights’ guidebook stirs passionate response
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen May 23, 2025 The “Churches’ Bill of Rights,” published by the offices of the Indiana attorney general and Indiana lieutenant governor, has already drawn attention and contrasting viewpoints in the week since its arrival with supporter “...”
‘TOTALLY FALSE’: Concerned Clergy group slams Lt. Gov. Beckwith’s allegation that Democrats pay for Black voter turnout, urges Gov. Braun to act
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen May 9, 2025 Amid the ongoing controversy over his social media post about the Three-Fifths Compromise that garnered national attention and a strong backlash, Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith has made new, unsubstantiated accusations, alleging t “...”
SCHOOL VOUCHER Q&A: Using state tax dollars to pay private school tuition ‘a huge part’ of Christian nationalist agenda, scholar says
By Steve Hinnefeld The Indiana Citizen May 7, 2025 Michigan State University education policy professor Josh Cowen has spent two decades studying and writing about voucher programs, in which state tax dollars pay students’ private school tuition. Early studies of small, targete “...”
‘WORDS MATTER’: Clergy, others call for Lt. Gov. Beckwith to take back divisive remarks as he doubles down on Three-Fifths Compromise statements
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen May 5, 2025 Even as several religious organizations, including the Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis, gathered for a news conference Friday demanding that Indiana’s lieutenant governor apologize for his remarks about the Three-Fifths Comp “...”
‘PROPAGANDA MILL’? Lt. Gov. Beckwith lauds WallBuilders think tank accused of eroding separation of church and state
By Sydney Byerly and Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 1, 2025 When Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith cited WallBuilders to defend his controversial comments about the Three-Fifths Compromise, he called the Texas-based nonprofit “the gold standard for learning the real his “...”
BECKWITH FACES BACKLASH: Indiana lieutenant governor’s comments about Three-Fifths Compromise draw ire of Democrats and historians
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen April 29, 2025 Days after making national news for claiming in a social media post that the Three-Fifths Compromise “helped to root out slavery,” Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is accusing others of spreading falsehoods about U.S. hist “...”
Krull Commentary: Micah Beckwith teaches history that never was
This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com by John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com April 28, 2025 If Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith ever took a U.S. history class in either high school or college, the teacher should retroactively flunk him. Because it’s clear Be “...”