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The rioters who ransacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, beat and killed law enforcement officers and stunned the world are free and unpunished. But the Justice Department lawyers and federal investigators who sought to make them pay for their crimes have lost their livelihoods, and several are having to hire lawyers to fight charges themselves.
Trump and Big Tech promise “human flourishing” in the UW System.
It’s only human to question the safety and potential economic disruption of inventions that test our ability to absorb the change, but history shows acceptance is widespread once benefits become clear. That may be the case with AI in time.
A new UW-Madison lab aims to help newsrooms develop in-house artificial intelligence tools that reflect their own values and needs.
As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, let us commit to telling complete stories—stories that acknowledge the full breadth of Latino identity, including those who carry African heritage alongside their Latino culture.
In order to deal with climate-driven threats, we must first recognize them. Urgently reducing greenhouse gas emissions and funding adaptation should be top priorities for every politician who cares about public health and the future we all share.
2025’s economic policy undermines the opportunities and security of Wisconsin’s workers.
Eight months into the Trump-Vance interregnum, Americans are becoming more and more aware of the fact that the Republicans were serious about the crazy concepts they spouted with regard to the economy, and about implementing their authoritarian fever dreams.
The question in my mind is not if the legislation will happen, but how many people will have to die before enough of us, regardless of political affiliation, demand sensible gun legislation.
The state’s Legislative Audit Bureau released last week its long-awaited audit of the state Department of Natural Resources’s Fish & Wildlife account, and, for those who bothered to read it, it was nothing short of eye-popping.
Republicans insist lakes are not human: ‘We need to be protecting the rights of people, not things’
From smallpox to polio to COVID-19, vaccination campaigns have averted millions of deaths and spared generations from suffering.
New proposal shows how targeted policies could slash poverty in Milwaukee and U.S.
Milwaukee may never fully understand the extent of the floods’ devastation, but we do know that at least three men are unaccounted for. We need to find them.
Van Orden is not doing his job. Veterans deserve much better.
When Trump tells congressional Republicans to jump, they all ask how high, no matter the issue.
Schoemann and Berrien are following a president as he takes wrong turns on the major issues facing the country.
The refusal of the Trump Administration to address the overwhelming number of guns on the streets of Chicago is proof that what is about to happen is a racially divisive, partisan scheme, and has nothing to do with stopping crimes.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the candidates vying for Wisconsin’s open governorship in 2026. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Almost 60,000 students take part in Wisconsin’s private school choice program that was pioneered in 1990 by the state of Wisconsin.
The rioters who ransacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, beat and killed law enforcement officers and stunned the world are free and unpunished. But the Justice Department lawyers and federal investigators who sought to make them pay for their crimes have lost their livelihoods, and several are having to hire lawyers to fight charges themselves.
Trump and Big Tech promise “human flourishing” in the UW System.
It’s only human to question the safety and potential economic disruption of inventions that test our ability to absorb the change, but history shows acceptance is widespread once benefits become clear. That may be the case with AI in time.
A new UW-Madison lab aims to help newsrooms develop in-house artificial intelligence tools that reflect their own values and needs.
As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, let us commit to telling complete stories—stories that acknowledge the full breadth of Latino identity, including those who carry African heritage alongside their Latino culture.
In order to deal with climate-driven threats, we must first recognize them. Urgently reducing greenhouse gas emissions and funding adaptation should be top priorities for every politician who cares about public health and the future we all share.
2025’s economic policy undermines the opportunities and security of Wisconsin’s workers.
Eight months into the Trump-Vance interregnum, Americans are becoming more and more aware of the fact that the Republicans were serious about the crazy concepts they spouted with regard to the economy, and about implementing their authoritarian fever dreams.
The question in my mind is not if the legislation will happen, but how many people will have to die before enough of us, regardless of political affiliation, demand sensible gun legislation.
The state’s Legislative Audit Bureau released last week its long-awaited audit of the state Department of Natural Resources’s Fish & Wildlife account, and, for those who bothered to read it, it was nothing short of eye-popping.
Republicans insist lakes are not human: ‘We need to be protecting the rights of people, not things’
From smallpox to polio to COVID-19, vaccination campaigns have averted millions of deaths and spared generations from suffering.
New proposal shows how targeted policies could slash poverty in Milwaukee and U.S.
Milwaukee may never fully understand the extent of the floods’ devastation, but we do know that at least three men are unaccounted for. We need to find them.
Van Orden is not doing his job. Veterans deserve much better.
When Trump tells congressional Republicans to jump, they all ask how high, no matter the issue.
Schoemann and Berrien are following a president as he takes wrong turns on the major issues facing the country.
The refusal of the Trump Administration to address the overwhelming number of guns on the streets of Chicago is proof that what is about to happen is a racially divisive, partisan scheme, and has nothing to do with stopping crimes.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the candidates vying for Wisconsin’s open governorship in 2026. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Almost 60,000 students take part in Wisconsin’s private school choice program that was pioneered in 1990 by the state of Wisconsin.
