From the Publisher: Countdown to the 2026 midterm election
By Bill Moreau, publisher The Indiana Citizen October 28, 2026 We’re all guilty of focusing too much on the present, particularly in an election year. Every election seems like it’s the meanest, the ads are the most vicious, the candidates are the most unhinged, the divisions “...”
Compton Commentary: We’re drowning in sketchy information. Media literacy can keep you from going under.
By Tracey Compton Indianapolis Public Editor October 28, 2026 Last year, Indianapolis parents were bombarded with text messages sharing a video that was critical of the superintendent. An unknown source had deceptively edited videos of public comments at school board meetings to “...”
Krull Commentary: The turmoil at the Indiana ACLU
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com October 26, 2026 Long ago, when I was executive director of what is now the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, I used to tell audiences a joke. “If you agree with us only 80% of the time, you should give us money,” I’d say, then p “...”
Shabazz Commentary: The Bi-Curious Voters and the Politicians Who Love Them
By Abdul-Hakim Shabazz IndyPolitics.org October 25, 2026 Okay, yes I freely admit, my Gen X is showing. That headline does read like a really bad episode of Springer, Ricki Lake or Sally Jessy. But let’s face it: it got your attention, like most of those 90s TV talk shows. So “...”
Riddick Commentary: Public Question 1 on the ballot because lawmakers failed to fix the system
By Josh Riddick Live Free USA October 23, 2026 On November 3, Indiana voters will decide whether to amend our state Constitution to give judges broader authority to jail people without bail while they await trial. I’m voting NO on Public Question 1 — and here’s “...”
Krull Commentary: One act of foolishness, one act of cruelty
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com October 23, 2026 At this point in a hotly contested political campaign, some candidates lose whatever vestiges of common sense they possess. And some demonstrate that they have no moral core at all. Let’s deal with the question of disappearin “...”
Kennedy Commentary: Civics mis-education
By Sheila Suess Kennedy October 23, 2026 During my 21 years on the Indiana University faculty, my consistent research focus was on civic education–or, more accurately, its woeful lack. After a few years of confronting students who were unable to identify America’s most founda “...”
Compton Commentary: Do we really need to see mugshots in television newscasts?
By Tracey Compton Indianapolis Public Editor October 21, 2026 In the wake of George Floyd’s murder in 2020, some local newsrooms across the country started to make changes in how they cover people of color. Many promised to use fewer mugshots in their reporting. Journalists ack “...”
FROM THE PUBLISHER: Identifying wolves and sheep in school board elections
By Bill Moreau, publisher The Indiana Citizen October 19, 2026 An open letter to Gov. Braun, Lt. Gov. Beckwith and the legislators who supported partisan school board elections: When you decided Indiana’s nonpartisan school board elections had allowed “wolves in sheep’s clo “...”
Shabazz Commentary: The Straw and the Camel’s Back
By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz IndyPolitics.org October 18, 2026 If Max Engling loses the Secretary of State’s race, that will be the straw that breaks the Bactrian camel’s back. And yes, I picked the two-humped camel on purpose. In this story the humps are the state party chair and “...”