Dr. Danita Johnson Hughes Although yet to be designated as an official federal holiday, please allow me to recognize this very special occasion by wishing everyone a Blessed Juneteenth! Please note I intentionally replaced the usual “Happy” with “Blessed” to hopefully add more solemnity and significance to the traditional observance of what was originally known […]

By Danita Johnson Hughes A funny thing happened on the way to work recently. I put on my face mask (color coordinated, of course), drove through traffic that seemed just as busy and congested as ever, passed under electronic signs urging people to, “STAY HOME! ESSENTIAL TRIPS ONLY! SLOW DOWN!”, grabbed a cup of coffee […]

As the saying goes, “Rumors of COVID-19’s demise are greatly exaggerated.” While dozens of states have begun relaxing social distancing restrictions and started reopening businesses, positive cases of COVID-19 infection and deaths from the virus keep rising.  At the time of this writing, 18,630 Hoosiers have tested positive and a staggering 1,062 have died.  In […]