LP contributor Diane Walker, like many people who grew up in Cambridge City, Indiana, in the 1970s, still wonders at the ...

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On April 30, Constellation Stage & Screen announced its upcoming theatrical season, a thrilling mix of world premieres, beloved classics, inspiring contemporary work, and fun-filled shows for young ...

What happens when local news coverage disappears? LP asked journalist Steve Hinnefeld to look at the daily news landscape in Bloomington, Indiana. He interviewed people at several local news outlets ...

Good things are always happening in our public schools. It’s hard to see that if you read the news these days. There are all-consuming culture wars being manufactured by individuals far away. These ...

Professors in the IU Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design are collaborating with the nonprofit Ethical Metalsmiths to inspire students to create jewelry made from ethically source materials.

Murals have been around for as long as there have been walls and humans to paint on them. But as photographer and writer M.J. Bower shows in this photo essay, Bloomington, Indiana, has seen a ...

Medical training has long been incorporated into Bloomington Fire Department operations, with emergency medical technicians acting as first responders to medical emergencies. But two years ago, the ...

It was dawn in mid-February 2022 when I stepped outside to check the weather. Snow was on the ground, but the roads were clear. The temperature was just above 40 degrees and expected to rise slightly ...

Life as a world-traveling documentary photographer was fast-paced for Megan Snook. But as she writes in this photo essay, becoming a mother “drastically changed my way of life, forcing me to slow down ...

In February 2025, more than one thousand law professors and constitutional scholars, including sixteen from Indiana University, signed a bipartisan letter issued by the American Constitution Society ...

Journalist Ida B. Wells spent much of her career in the late 1800s shedding light on the horrors of lynching. Some historians say she was the most famous Black woman in the U.S. during her lifetime.