Indianapolis
I’ll See Your Lorrain and Raise You a Turner
The directors of the New Orleans and the Indianapolis art museums have a lot more riding on this weekend’s Super Bowl than a couple of bucks in the office pool. After an arts blogger posed a challenge, they’ve each put up a treasured painting from their collections. The director of the losing city’s museum will […]
Purvi Patel’s legal team attacks evidence behind her controversial conviction for feticide, child neglect
In a case that caught the world’s attention earlier this year, a jury convicted 34-year-old Purvi Patel and sentenced her to 46 years in prison — of which she’s currently serving 20. The jurors in South Bend, Indiana, found her guilty of both feticide — fatally harming her unborn child — and child neglect, leaving the child to die after birth. In filing an appeal, her new legal team says there’s not enough evidence to justify that conviction, and that her charges should be reversed.
Is Indiana’s strict voter ID law disenfranchising immigrant voters?
The state of Indiana was among the first in a wave of states to pass a strict photo ID law to vote. Republicans say it was necessary to prevent fraud, while Democrats call it a solution in search of a problem. The state of Indiana was among the first in a wave of states to pass a strict photo ID law to vote. Republicans say it was necessary to prevent fraud, while Democrats call it a solution in search of a problem.
Study find certain U.S. regions can keep poor people poor
Geography, it turns out, is a key determiner in whether low-income children can improve their socio-economic status by the time they become adults. That’s a key finding of a new research report from researchers at Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley.