Rounding up our top-performing posts is not (just) an exercise in back-patting. It’s a chance to reflect on the stories and issues that matter to our readers. While 2021’s throughline was all about the climate, this year was not so easy to pin down. Maybe it’s because 2022 marked the midterm elections, or maybe it’s because we started to see pre-pandemic levels of reopening. All we know is that Indy denizens care about everything from housing woes to abortion rights to local history.
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1. Story: “Yvon Chouinard Gives Ventura-Based Patagonia Away” | 2,250 likes | September 14 | Image credit: Campbell Brewer
In a country (and county!) with an ever-expanding wealth divide, there’s a certain novelty to billionaires engaging in any sort of goodwill toward humanity. That’s what happened when Yvon Chouinard decided to give away the ownership of Patagonia to a trust and nonprofit organization focused on fighting climate change.