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Youth mentor and poet Kwabena Antoine Nixon encourages middle school boys to share their pain and struggles and he empowers them to rise above their circumstances.
The timing of this resolution—just two weeks after the property tax referendum—adds to its controversy.
Medicaid expansion is common sense, adds up financially and is good politics.
The state party chair is in the mix for a key national role with the Democratic Party as it charts course in the Trump 2.0 era. But will he make a run for it?
Six takeaways as we contemplate a second Trump presidency.
For Thanksgiving, let’s heal our rural-urban divide and start solving problems around cost of food, health.
The roster of candidates emerging from Trump’s camp raises alarm bells not just for their political ideologies, but for their troubling histories.
Unconditional cash did nothing to raise recipients out of poverty; Madison and Milwaukee have dabbled with idea.
Republicans don’t realize it yet, but Biden gave Trump a bargaining chip against Russia. Trump, the self-anointed master deal-maker, could offer de-escalation of strikes deeper into Russia with U.S. weaponry in return for a truce acceptable to Ukraine.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the political futures for losing candidates in November’s election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Conservatives should be excited but not overconfident after the big wins on Nov. 5.
Americans have lived through the Biden term and really felt the pain. They needed to experience exactly what the Biden years had in store to truly realize they did not want any part of such.
His protestations that the election was rigged against him have fallen on deaf ears.
Even if illegal voting is tiny, it can swing our elections.
The 2024 election was tumultuous and left a heavy residue of anxiety for some. If you’re feeling anxiousness, this is how you can persevere.
Horrendous racial discrimination and anti-Black rhetoric which drove a political movement is alive and well all these years later. America has not cleansed itself of racism.
Voters supported specific policies to advance their economic rights.
When conditions arise that are not for the faint of heart, those who are truly strong know it can’t be every man for himself. They don’t point fingers; they look in the mirror. Then they look to see who’s behind them, lifting those who’ve fallen. They pull the door open, saying it loud and clear. After you.
A box blind with new stairs and amenities adds to the excitement.
Wisconsin was the most competitive state in America. Which issues mattered?
Youth mentor and poet Kwabena Antoine Nixon encourages middle school boys to share their pain and struggles and he empowers them to rise above their circumstances.
The timing of this resolution—just two weeks after the property tax referendum—adds to its controversy.
Medicaid expansion is common sense, adds up financially and is good politics.
The state party chair is in the mix for a key national role with the Democratic Party as it charts course in the Trump 2.0 era. But will he make a run for it?
Six takeaways as we contemplate a second Trump presidency.
For Thanksgiving, let’s heal our rural-urban divide and start solving problems around cost of food, health.
The roster of candidates emerging from Trump’s camp raises alarm bells not just for their political ideologies, but for their troubling histories.
Unconditional cash did nothing to raise recipients out of poverty; Madison and Milwaukee have dabbled with idea.
Republicans don’t realize it yet, but Biden gave Trump a bargaining chip against Russia. Trump, the self-anointed master deal-maker, could offer de-escalation of strikes deeper into Russia with U.S. weaponry in return for a truce acceptable to Ukraine.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the political futures for losing candidates in November’s election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Conservatives should be excited but not overconfident after the big wins on Nov. 5.
Americans have lived through the Biden term and really felt the pain. They needed to experience exactly what the Biden years had in store to truly realize they did not want any part of such.
His protestations that the election was rigged against him have fallen on deaf ears.
Even if illegal voting is tiny, it can swing our elections.
The 2024 election was tumultuous and left a heavy residue of anxiety for some. If you’re feeling anxiousness, this is how you can persevere.
Horrendous racial discrimination and anti-Black rhetoric which drove a political movement is alive and well all these years later. America has not cleansed itself of racism.
Voters supported specific policies to advance their economic rights.
When conditions arise that are not for the faint of heart, those who are truly strong know it can’t be every man for himself. They don’t point fingers; they look in the mirror. Then they look to see who’s behind them, lifting those who’ve fallen. They pull the door open, saying it loud and clear. After you.
A box blind with new stairs and amenities adds to the excitement.
Wisconsin was the most competitive state in America. Which issues mattered?
