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Less than 48 hours in, while we have seen examples of condolences or grief, too much of the discourse following Mr. Kirk’s death has amounted to points scored in an endless online game.
As soon as the news broke that Kirk was shot while on stage at Utah Valley University, Van Orden began a stream of increasingly unhinged social media posts blaming Democrats and the media for the murder and declaring “the gloves are off.”
Could governor soften his view of new federal channel for donors’ generosity?
For our Wisconsin businesses to thrive, we need a workforce that knows the languages of our partners, navigates cultural differences, and excels in building global partnerships.
The Supreme Court insists the Constitution is colorblind. But its ruling in a case about ICE roundups proves the opposite: it sees color very clearly.
Spirited policy debates should end with handshakes, not hatred.
It is time for our country and our leaders to go beyond simply decrying politically motivated violence. We must transform the nature of contemporary political disputes.
Right, Left, or neither, you know it’s an anxious time in our history. We all feel it, regardless of your opinion of the work of Charlie Kirk. Society is not irreparably broken. But we are in crisis.
We absolutely have to be unequivocal: Political violence can never be tolerated. This is not a partisan issue; it is a fundamental threat to the democratic process.
Open Arms delivers $5 million of care for about $2 million annually, money raised mostly through donors and fundraising events. The clinic serves about 1,200 patients each year with 30 paid staffers bolstered by 250 volunteers.
Though murders are declining, an overwhelming percentage involve guns.
For the last two years, Grassroots Organizing Western Wisconsin (GROWW) has played a key role in bringing together ordinary people and small farmers to pass local ordinances to protect our homes. People across the region are holding strong as corporate mega-dairies try to take over our agricultural landscape.
A military is designed to protect citizens, not to be weaponized by a president who is determined to centralize as much power as possible.
Republicans have created a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar hole in our state’s future budgets, on top of the nearly $70 million we’ll have to pay over the next two years.
With leftists firmly in control of the state’s court of last resort for the foreseeable future, Evers could go out with a leftist bang. He’s got nothing to lose.
With Gov. Tony Evers on his way out, the landscape for prison reform in the state has changed.
Separating them from their unions will require smart politics.
The attempt to limit speech through peer pressure risks turning campuses into surveillance states.
United Way-funded nonprofit pays $8 million over 4 years to top employees.
In conversations with vendors from Arizona to Iowa to Virginia, a continuous theme emerged and was expressed by those displaying their goods and promoting their services. Donald Trump’s tariffs are hurting their businesses.
Less than 48 hours in, while we have seen examples of condolences or grief, too much of the discourse following Mr. Kirk’s death has amounted to points scored in an endless online game.
As soon as the news broke that Kirk was shot while on stage at Utah Valley University, Van Orden began a stream of increasingly unhinged social media posts blaming Democrats and the media for the murder and declaring “the gloves are off.”
Could governor soften his view of new federal channel for donors’ generosity?
For our Wisconsin businesses to thrive, we need a workforce that knows the languages of our partners, navigates cultural differences, and excels in building global partnerships.
The Supreme Court insists the Constitution is colorblind. But its ruling in a case about ICE roundups proves the opposite: it sees color very clearly.
Spirited policy debates should end with handshakes, not hatred.
It is time for our country and our leaders to go beyond simply decrying politically motivated violence. We must transform the nature of contemporary political disputes.
Right, Left, or neither, you know it’s an anxious time in our history. We all feel it, regardless of your opinion of the work of Charlie Kirk. Society is not irreparably broken. But we are in crisis.
We absolutely have to be unequivocal: Political violence can never be tolerated. This is not a partisan issue; it is a fundamental threat to the democratic process.
Open Arms delivers $5 million of care for about $2 million annually, money raised mostly through donors and fundraising events. The clinic serves about 1,200 patients each year with 30 paid staffers bolstered by 250 volunteers.
Though murders are declining, an overwhelming percentage involve guns.
For the last two years, Grassroots Organizing Western Wisconsin (GROWW) has played a key role in bringing together ordinary people and small farmers to pass local ordinances to protect our homes. People across the region are holding strong as corporate mega-dairies try to take over our agricultural landscape.
A military is designed to protect citizens, not to be weaponized by a president who is determined to centralize as much power as possible.
Republicans have created a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar hole in our state’s future budgets, on top of the nearly $70 million we’ll have to pay over the next two years.
With leftists firmly in control of the state’s court of last resort for the foreseeable future, Evers could go out with a leftist bang. He’s got nothing to lose.
With Gov. Tony Evers on his way out, the landscape for prison reform in the state has changed.
Separating them from their unions will require smart politics.
The attempt to limit speech through peer pressure risks turning campuses into surveillance states.
United Way-funded nonprofit pays $8 million over 4 years to top employees.
In conversations with vendors from Arizona to Iowa to Virginia, a continuous theme emerged and was expressed by those displaying their goods and promoting their services. Donald Trump’s tariffs are hurting their businesses.
