Abdul At Large
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz of Indy Politics gets together with his panel of social media experts to talk about the medium’s role in 2020 and what’s ahead for 2021. He chats with Erin Albert of Apex Benefits, Dave Meeker of Bringing Tech 2 U, and Amy Stark of Digital Dames. And he also speaks with Attorney Nick […]
There has been a big debate in the country this year over various social media platforms, i.e., Facebook and Twitter; to be precise, and whether they should have the right to remove content. In other words, are they publishers or platforms? And should Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which was established as Title […]
There has been a lot of debate about no-excuse absentee voting here in Indiana. State Democrats and other activists have been demanding that the Governor and the Election Board change the rules and allow for Hoosiers to vote by mail without giving a reason for doing so. The logic and rationale being that no one […]
Let’s face it, 2020 has not been a great year for Indianapolis in general and the Hogsett administration in particular. The COVID-19 outbreak, protests, riots, a city on track for a record murder rate, downtown businesses in basic revolt, police morale at a near all-time low, a $100 million revenue shortfall, and it’s only July. […]
With all the talk about a “black agenda” these days, I thought I’d republish something I wrote last year. ****************** Does Indianapolis’ Black Community need an agenda? There seems to be a growing chorus that the answer is “yes.” During the IBJ/Indy Chamber’s post-Mayoral debate news conferences this week, both incumbent Democrat Joe Hogsett and Republican challenger Jim Merritt were asked […]
Broken glass. Damaged buildings. One person shot dead. That was the result of violent protests last night in Downtown Indianapolis. No, let me change that. That wasn’t protesting, that was rioting. A protest is a peaceful demonstration a riot is what we saw last night. For several hours I watched my colleagues at WISH-TV report […]
A new poll in CD 5 has good news for State Senator Victoria Spartz. The poll of 409 likely voters has Spartz in first place with 32 percent of the vote. Former Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi was second with 14 percent and small businesswoman Beth Henderson was in third place with 13 percent. The […]
When I got married nearly 11 years ago, my father gave me some of the best advice I ever heard. He said, “Son, the day is going to come when you are going to have a disagreement with that lovely new wife of yours. And before you start that argument, ask yourself this question, ‘Is […]
Governor Eric Holcomb made a stupid mistake, and he admitted it. This weekend, while at the Governor’s residence in Brown County, he went to go pick up food and forgot to put his mask on and while inside took a picture with a couple of people who were happy to see him. The photo went up […]
There’s an old saying that even a stopped clock is right twice a day, in other words, nobody is wrong all the time. I think that analogy is perfected suited when it comes to recent comments by political commentator Van Jones regarding the impact of COVID-19 on the African-American community. Now before we start, Jones is as […]