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This month, I am reminded of the strength and resilience of our Black communities, whose unwavering fight for justice has driven our state’s progress. Their efforts have made Wisconsin a hub of political movements and social progress, pushing our state forward.
If we keep letting the Legislature chip away at our rights, one day we’ll wake up and they’ll all be gone.
When we compare figures like Cannon, who is Black, and Musk, who is white, a double standard appears in how society views them as fathers.
Bernie Sanders appeared in Iowa City over the weekend.
There’s a new worst American ever, and it’s apparently the men and women who work in government roles. They are under attack like never before.
The proposal includes major changes for Green Bay, Waupun, Stanley and youth prisons.
The grounds for scanning inmate mail are dubious, and vendors profit from the high price of connection.
Soaring prices in Vilas County make moving hard for new EMS chief.
It does no good for our region if we produce talent that buys a plane ticket out the first chance they get. Better schools will keep our families here.
A bribe for silence in the face of reckless cuts
Wisconsin Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul has seized the moment to stand up for the Constitution and the American people, and against cruel overreach.
West Bend briefly became a hotspot in the growing revolt against the wide-ranging and deep-cutting executive actions taken by President Trump in his first four weeks in office.
Dane County is a hotbed for the Peace Corps and a group of “returnees” is working to help countries hurt by Trump’s cuts to USAID.
The stakes are high this April. But we cannot elect an extreme politician like Brad Schimel to the Supreme Court.
It’s past time to recognize the gray wolf success story and update the law to reflect reality.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the spring primary election outcome and how the Wisconsin Supreme Court race may affect the race for state schools superintendent. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Wisconsinites voted for Donald Trump by a narrow margin in November. Does that mean a majority of voters here want to cancel farmers’ federal contracts, shut down Head Start centers across the state and turn loose Elon Musk to feed federal agencies into the woodchipper while hoovering up private citizens’ financial information?
This week, I spoke with residents in Tucson, Arizona, who are exhausted from four years of an invasion.
As Taibbi said, these institutions make up the consensus machine and there “is no way to remove this rot surgically. The whole mechanism has to go.”
The first 1,000 days of a child’s life holds incredible potential and is marked by unparalleled brain development. It is also a time of greatest vulnerability.
This month, I am reminded of the strength and resilience of our Black communities, whose unwavering fight for justice has driven our state’s progress. Their efforts have made Wisconsin a hub of political movements and social progress, pushing our state forward.
If we keep letting the Legislature chip away at our rights, one day we’ll wake up and they’ll all be gone.
When we compare figures like Cannon, who is Black, and Musk, who is white, a double standard appears in how society views them as fathers.
Bernie Sanders appeared in Iowa City over the weekend.
There’s a new worst American ever, and it’s apparently the men and women who work in government roles. They are under attack like never before.
The proposal includes major changes for Green Bay, Waupun, Stanley and youth prisons.
The grounds for scanning inmate mail are dubious, and vendors profit from the high price of connection.
Soaring prices in Vilas County make moving hard for new EMS chief.
It does no good for our region if we produce talent that buys a plane ticket out the first chance they get. Better schools will keep our families here.
A bribe for silence in the face of reckless cuts
Wisconsin Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul has seized the moment to stand up for the Constitution and the American people, and against cruel overreach.
West Bend briefly became a hotspot in the growing revolt against the wide-ranging and deep-cutting executive actions taken by President Trump in his first four weeks in office.
Dane County is a hotbed for the Peace Corps and a group of “returnees” is working to help countries hurt by Trump’s cuts to USAID.
The stakes are high this April. But we cannot elect an extreme politician like Brad Schimel to the Supreme Court.
It’s past time to recognize the gray wolf success story and update the law to reflect reality.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the spring primary election outcome and how the Wisconsin Supreme Court race may affect the race for state schools superintendent. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Wisconsinites voted for Donald Trump by a narrow margin in November. Does that mean a majority of voters here want to cancel farmers’ federal contracts, shut down Head Start centers across the state and turn loose Elon Musk to feed federal agencies into the woodchipper while hoovering up private citizens’ financial information?
This week, I spoke with residents in Tucson, Arizona, who are exhausted from four years of an invasion.
As Taibbi said, these institutions make up the consensus machine and there “is no way to remove this rot surgically. The whole mechanism has to go.”
The first 1,000 days of a child’s life holds incredible potential and is marked by unparalleled brain development. It is also a time of greatest vulnerability.