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How Tariffs Will Affect the Economy
The Trump administration threatened to impose 25 percent tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico on Feb. 1, delayed those tariffs by a month on Feb. 3, imposed them on…
Read MoreWomen’s History Month: Looking Back and Moving Forward
For more than 30 years, the month of March has been officially recognized as Women’s History Month, a time for remembering and celebrating women’s experiences and contributions throughout this country’s…
Read MoreLWV Nationally Urges Congress to Stop Trump Overreach
On the 105th anniversary of its founding, the League of Women Voters sent a letter to Congressional leadership regarding the organization’s grave concern over the state of our nation. Specifically,…
Read MoreEnduring Legacy of Andrew and Jasmine Robinson: Part 2
In our final Black History Month installment, we celebrate Jasmine Robinson, the first black woman to work at Crown and later, after being hired by Wabash College, the first black…
Read MoreEnduring Legacy of Andrew, Jasmine Robinson (Part 1)
Trailblazers, community pillars and sources of inspiration. That’s how family, friends and historians described Andrew “Andy” and Jasmine Robinson. Their individualaccomplishments, coupled with their shared commitment to service and equality,…
Read MoreA Woman Worth Remembering
People call Crawfordsville the Athens of Indiana because of its rich art history. The obvious claim to fame is Lew Wallace penning Ben Hur here. The county is also home…
Read MoreLafayette Meteorite: A Piece of Black History
In 1929, someone opened a drawer in Purdue’s biology department and realized a corn-pone-sized rock, glassy-black-like with thin visible flow lines and a glint of gold on one side was…
Read MoreWhat Life Are We Educating For?
In last week’s column, the League of Women Voters of Montgomery County overviewed the new “Future New Indiana Diploma” requirements and how the new requirements ask kids and their parents…
Read MoreWill Indiana’s New Diplomas Serve Students & State Well?
Chip Timmons, Wabash College’s dean of enrollment management, has two sons, “who have, and will likely continue, to follow markedly different academic paths. One pursuing an advanced degree and the…
Read MoreHidden Costs of Incarceration, Part 3
Like all League of Women Voters position statements, its Impact on Issues statement about incarceration is the result of national studies. (Read the previous column from the first week of…
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