Time is of the essence. Right now, saving Indiana’s small businesses means saving Indiana’s economy. Nearly half (44.9%) of Indiana’s workforce is employed by small businesses — 1.2 million Hoosiers, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. To say that the survival of small businesses is critical to Indiana’s economy is huge understatement.
On April 12, 2019, Sagamore scholar Rev. James White joined the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in hosting a talk entitled “The Lingering Effects of Lynching on your Ministry: An Untold Story.” This talk explores the ongoing effects that lynching, or sin of any sort, has on the proclamation of the gospel. Rev. White reminds us that “whenever [we] use words like ‘lynching’… we often miss that what happens in history is very much today.”
In this audio, Sagamore Institute President Jay Hein interviews William Bartell, a Lincoln scholar. From 1968 to 2005, Bartell was a Social Studies teacher at Evansville Harrison High School. He was also an adjunct professor at University of Southern Indiana. He is widely published on Lincoln’s time in Indiana. A consultant and volunteer at the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial and the Lincoln Home National Historic site. Indian Historical Society published his book,”There I Grew Up,” on Lincoln’s childhood in Indiana.
Throughout time and place, people have understood themselves and the world around them through stories that have meaning beyond the events described in the narrative itself.
By Alan W. Dowd Landing Zone, June 11, 2019 Policymakers in the White House and Congress are coming under criticism for rejecting the Navy’s plans to retire the aircraft carrier USS Harry…
As we welcome our 2019 summer cohort of interns, we look back to one of last summer’s experiences. 2018 summer intern and Notre Dame student Chaya Cassell shares about her experience in the Sagamore Institute program. Click here or the image below to watch the video.
The Greater Indy Habitat for Humanity seeks to break the cycle of poverty for low-income families by enabling them to access simple, decent, and affordable housing. Since its founding in 1987, Greater Indy Habitat for Humanity has provided the opportunity of homeownership to more than 525 local families. This research builds upon the evaluation 2012 Social I
By Alan W. Dowd y 14, 2019 The natural order of the world, as we are being reminded on a daily basis, is not all that orderly. That’s a problem…
By Alan W. Dowd In mid-July, after a chaotic week of unforced errors courtesy of President Donald Trump, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats calmly explained that Russia’s efforts “to undermine our…
By Alan W. Dowd If there was any doubt about whether U.S. engagement in the world makes a difference – and whether aggressor nations capitalize on U.S. disengagement – recent…