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Portrait of Dave Cieslewicz

Dave Cieslewicz: Schools eclipse a State Street mall

Monday, Apr 21, 2025

The state of our K-12 education demands attention.

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Dave Zweifel: Other schools do baseball. Why can’t UW-Madison?

Monday, Apr 21, 2025

Much to the chagrin of area baseball backers, the Badgers dropped the sport back in 1991.

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Badger Institute logo

Jeremiah Mosteller: Federal prosecutors in Madison have stopped prosecuting cannabis offenses

Monday, Apr 21, 2025

Data from the United States Sentencing Commission shows that Wisconsin’s two federal court districts treat cannabis differently.

Read More »

Bill Kaplan: What’s coming next, speak up

Monday, Apr 21, 2025

Senate Republicans are pretending that extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts will cost nothing. Sprinkling fairy dust doesn’t change a lie.

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Portrait of Michelle Bryant

Michelle Bryant: Unreciprocated solidarity: Black and brown communities

Monday, Apr 21, 2025

Many African Americans find themselves grappling with a familiar frustration: being called upon to stand in solidarity with others, while often feeling abandoned when it is our turn to receive reciprocal support.

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Noria Doyle: Why the unchecked power and tactics of ICE under Trump have earned comparisons to secret police

Monday, Apr 21, 2025

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is not a secret police force, not yet. But recent actions taken by ICE under Donald Trump’s regime raise urgent and unavoidable parallels.

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Portrait of John Nichols

John Nichols: The pope refused to look away from Palestine

Monday, Apr 21, 2025

Amid so much pain and so much crude political maneuvering by U.S. and Israeli leaders, the pontiff focused on the humanity of Palestinians.

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Jennifer Mnookin: Revoking student visas at UW-Madison is arbitrary, unjust

Friday, Apr 18, 2025

International students bring ideas, energy and determination.

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Emily Tseffos: Defund, discredit, dismantle: The GOP’s quiet war on Wisconsin’s public schools

Friday, Apr 18, 2025

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Badger Institute logo

Mike Nichols: Derail the Hop permanently

Friday, Apr 18, 2025

‘Free’ federal money put Milwaukee on the hook for ongoing expenses; time to say ‘enough.’

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Paul Fanlund: If Donald Trump’s voters suffer too, I can live with it

Friday, Apr 18, 2025

I will admit it. I enjoy the shock I hear in town hall meetings from many voters in Trump country.

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Dave Zweifel: White supremacist president nixes decades of racial progress

Friday, Apr 18, 2025

Here we are today, backsliding on what the John Lewises of the world have given us through their years of pain and suffering. And almost all of it by executive orders signed by a bumbling white supremacist president.

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Capital Times logo

Jeffrey Leverich: Susan Crawford win helped propel national movement

Thursday, Apr 17, 2025

With Crawford’s victory, Wisconsin boosted a national movement for change just a few short months after the last presidential election, increasing hope for our nation.

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Mark Belling: Milwaukee iron became Euro woke

Thursday, Apr 17, 2025

A Milwaukee-hating CEO destroys Harley

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Bill Barth: Only hope is for lessons learned

Thursday, Apr 17, 2025

Vos eventually found his spine and fired Gableman. Too little. Too late. And definitely not enough to absolve him of blame in this mess.

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Portrait of Richard Moore

Richard Moore: Special counsel probes large Dane County dog research facility for abuse

Thursday, Apr 17, 2025

Ridglan Farms could face criminal charges as well as regulatory consequences.

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Gregory M. Wesley, JoAnne Anton and Vincent Lyles: Child care is in crisis. High costs hurt parents and providers.

Thursday, Apr 17, 2025

Early childhood education is a springboard to lifelong success for kids. It’s a necessity for many parents to participate in the workforce and a lifeline to businesses who depend on a deep talent pool.

Read More »

Luke Fuszard: Wisconsin will suffer more from Trump tariffs than Minnesota. Here’s why.

Thursday, Apr 17, 2025

If Trump’s tariffs return, Wisconsin will pay a steeper price than neighboring Minnesota.

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel logo

Eunice Gibson: In today’s Justice Department, ethics aren’t allowed

Thursday, Apr 17, 2025

I want to speak a word of sympathy for the hard-pressed attorneys now working for the U.S. Department of Justice. It seems they are losing most of the cases they argue on behalf of the current administration, and, according to their boss, the attorney general, it’s because they aren’t “zealous” enough.

Read More »

Gregory Humphrey: Does Trump respect any law of the land, or are courts just road bumps?

Thursday, Apr 17, 2025

In multiple instances, Trump simply is not following the court orders or rulings and thereby is not allowing the process of our Constitutional checks and balances to work.

Read More »
Portrait of Dave Cieslewicz

Dave Cieslewicz: Schools eclipse a State Street mall

Monday, Apr 21, 2025

The state of our K-12 education demands attention.

Read More »

Dave Zweifel: Other schools do baseball. Why can’t UW-Madison?

Monday, Apr 21, 2025

Much to the chagrin of area baseball backers, the Badgers dropped the sport back in 1991.

Read More »
Badger Institute logo

Jeremiah Mosteller: Federal prosecutors in Madison have stopped prosecuting cannabis offenses

Monday, Apr 21, 2025

Data from the United States Sentencing Commission shows that Wisconsin’s two federal court districts treat cannabis differently.

Read More »

Bill Kaplan: What’s coming next, speak up

Monday, Apr 21, 2025

Senate Republicans are pretending that extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts will cost nothing. Sprinkling fairy dust doesn’t change a lie.

Read More »
Portrait of Michelle Bryant

Michelle Bryant: Unreciprocated solidarity: Black and brown communities

Monday, Apr 21, 2025

Many African Americans find themselves grappling with a familiar frustration: being called upon to stand in solidarity with others, while often feeling abandoned when it is our turn to receive reciprocal support.

Read More »

Noria Doyle: Why the unchecked power and tactics of ICE under Trump have earned comparisons to secret police

Monday, Apr 21, 2025

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is not a secret police force, not yet. But recent actions taken by ICE under Donald Trump’s regime raise urgent and unavoidable parallels.

Read More »
Portrait of John Nichols

John Nichols: The pope refused to look away from Palestine

Monday, Apr 21, 2025

Amid so much pain and so much crude political maneuvering by U.S. and Israeli leaders, the pontiff focused on the humanity of Palestinians.

Read More »

Jennifer Mnookin: Revoking student visas at UW-Madison is arbitrary, unjust

Friday, Apr 18, 2025

International students bring ideas, energy and determination.

Read More »

Emily Tseffos: Defund, discredit, dismantle: The GOP’s quiet war on Wisconsin’s public schools

Friday, Apr 18, 2025

… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs platform, which is the new home for WisPolitics subscriber products. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me     Forgot Password

Read More »
Badger Institute logo

Mike Nichols: Derail the Hop permanently

Friday, Apr 18, 2025

‘Free’ federal money put Milwaukee on the hook for ongoing expenses; time to say ‘enough.’

Read More »

Paul Fanlund: If Donald Trump’s voters suffer too, I can live with it

Friday, Apr 18, 2025

I will admit it. I enjoy the shock I hear in town hall meetings from many voters in Trump country.

Read More »

Dave Zweifel: White supremacist president nixes decades of racial progress

Friday, Apr 18, 2025

Here we are today, backsliding on what the John Lewises of the world have given us through their years of pain and suffering. And almost all of it by executive orders signed by a bumbling white supremacist president.

Read More »
Capital Times logo

Jeffrey Leverich: Susan Crawford win helped propel national movement

Thursday, Apr 17, 2025

With Crawford’s victory, Wisconsin boosted a national movement for change just a few short months after the last presidential election, increasing hope for our nation.

Read More »

Mark Belling: Milwaukee iron became Euro woke

Thursday, Apr 17, 2025

A Milwaukee-hating CEO destroys Harley

Read More »

Bill Barth: Only hope is for lessons learned

Thursday, Apr 17, 2025

Vos eventually found his spine and fired Gableman. Too little. Too late. And definitely not enough to absolve him of blame in this mess.

Read More »
Portrait of Richard Moore

Richard Moore: Special counsel probes large Dane County dog research facility for abuse

Thursday, Apr 17, 2025

Ridglan Farms could face criminal charges as well as regulatory consequences.

Read More »

Gregory M. Wesley, JoAnne Anton and Vincent Lyles: Child care is in crisis. High costs hurt parents and providers.

Thursday, Apr 17, 2025

Early childhood education is a springboard to lifelong success for kids. It’s a necessity for many parents to participate in the workforce and a lifeline to businesses who depend on a deep talent pool.

Read More »

Luke Fuszard: Wisconsin will suffer more from Trump tariffs than Minnesota. Here’s why.

Thursday, Apr 17, 2025

If Trump’s tariffs return, Wisconsin will pay a steeper price than neighboring Minnesota.

Read More »
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel logo

Eunice Gibson: In today’s Justice Department, ethics aren’t allowed

Thursday, Apr 17, 2025

I want to speak a word of sympathy for the hard-pressed attorneys now working for the U.S. Department of Justice. It seems they are losing most of the cases they argue on behalf of the current administration, and, according to their boss, the attorney general, it’s because they aren’t “zealous” enough.

Read More »

Gregory Humphrey: Does Trump respect any law of the land, or are courts just road bumps?

Thursday, Apr 17, 2025

In multiple instances, Trump simply is not following the court orders or rulings and thereby is not allowing the process of our Constitutional checks and balances to work.

Read More »
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