Workers who pulled long shifts, kept the plant going through the pandemic and took pride in producing high quality, Mexican-style cheeses — queso fresco, queso blanco, quesadilla and panela — now feel betrayed.

The partisan wolves are busy ripping whatever political advantage can be gained from this tragedy.

Fifteen kids — one only eight years old — just filed a lawsuit in, of course, Dane County, claiming that, as children, they are particularly vulnerable to air pollution and fossil fuel-caused climate change.

Massive consumption obscured from public

The American heartland, not corporate elite, is the customer base.

There’s a political realignment going on around big companies, and it will reshape our economy. The question is how.

Now he threatens to send soldiers and federal agents to Baltimore and Chicago next.

BLS’s initial “preliminary” figures have overstated the number of jobs every single month this year by a combined 461,000 jobs! In other words, in just 6 months they’ve managed to create––from thin air!––78% of the jobs they created in 2024.

Elected as a conservative, he actually sides at least as much with liberals.

It’s a miracle this country managed to conduct free and fair elections both the people and politicians accepted for well over 200 years. Then, somehow, a substantial portion of the electorate just stopped.

Milwaukee has one of the largest wealth gaps between Black and white residents in the nation, so teaching youth financial literacy helps to close this gap.

Wisconsin has a long history of deficit spending in its budgets, betting that the economy will grow fast enough to cover the gap. Over the past few years, that bet has turned into a reckless gamble, and just a slight economic slowdown could be enough to throw the state over the edge.

Without judicial warrants, ICE detainers are illegal. If you obey them, you betray your oath of office and destroy the community trust you need.

These workers were deemed essential only to ensure that white America could continue its routines uninterrupted during a crisis. Now, stripped of that temporary necessity, they are recast as expendable. That is not just political opportunism, it is a reflection of a deeper rot in the national character.

Political loyalty must never supersede competence.

While there’s more I wish he’d been able to do throughout his time as governor, Evers was at least always a reliable bulwark against the worst excesses of the right-wing’s anti-LGBTQ crusade.

Eau Claire’s new zoning code will enhance housing flexibility and affordability by reducing restrictions and allowing diverse dwelling types. Hopefully, the rest of Wisconsin will follow suit and liberalize the land market.