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This Juneteenth, as we recognize the trials Black Americans have overcome and celebrate the resilience, vibrancy, and countless contributions of Black Wisconsinites, we must also recognize our fight for equity and justice in this state is far from finished.
Juneteenth is often called America’s second Independence Day, and as we celebrate, it’s important to pause and reflect on where we are, where we’re going and how much work there is left to do.
As we dealt with the abrupt end of Reconstruction and entered the Jim Crow Era, it was through staunch activism and policy that we were able to retain our freedom. As we reflect on this Juneteenth holiday, I hope we take stock of the fact that we are embattled in yet another fight for our collective freedom.
Last year, Johnson dropped his opposition, not because he supports making Juneteenth a federal holiday, but because he said that his opposition would not make any difference in stopping the bill again.
Grothman, Tiffany ignore Jan. 6 hearings, threats to Pence as candidates for governor embrace Trump.
Like toy soldiers, far too many elected officials have lined up to regurgitate Trump’s lie. Encouraging illegal slates of electors, enacting erroneous voter suppression, and remaining silent as our democracy has been threatened.
Our governor has spent his four years in office pushing a woke agenda instead of the priorities of Wisconsin families and workers.
Wisconsin ranks near the bottom in job growth over the past year, according to new data from the the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Evers is calling for a special session is because a leaked draft of an opinion of the United States Supreme Court indicated that the high court is going to overturn the terrible Roe v. Wade decision of 1973.
Church leaders emphatically point out that their job isn’t to do what’s popular, but to direct their flock to abide by the church’s teaching and explain why it’s so important. Looks like they have a tough road to travel.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, debate whether the race for Wisconsin secretary of state may offer a path for pro-Trump Republicans to disrupt election administration. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Republicans have apparently agreed that any question about the deaths and destruction Trump fomented should be answered: “But what about Joe Biden’s high gas prices?”
Indifferent to the revelations of the Jan. 6 hearings, the GOP in Wisconsin is riling up its base with the Big Lie even as those hearings are under way.
A state-run veterans nursing home in Racine County is among the more troubled veterans homes in the nation thanks in large part to a stubborn governor who put politics before people once again.
What is most disconcerting is that rather than take responsibility for woeful economic policy that has created the worst inflation in decades, the president, his advisors and others still seek a scapegoat.
Our 10 Wisconsin Republicans were willing to take part in a fraud that would have unconstitutionally disenfranchised millions of voters, including those of their fellow Wisconsin citizens. And now the state GOP chair has the audacity to claim only his party honors the true meaning of the flag.
The public hearing on the billion-dollar mega-project has been pushed back to December — after the election.
She is a committed conservative who does not back down from a fight.
The Wisconsin Republican Party gets more anti-immigrant day by day. It was true at the Wisconsin Republican Convention last month. And you can see it in Tim Michels’s commercials, one of the leading Republican candidates running for governor.
State chief executives continue to get high marks from voters even as party leaders, Congress do not.
This Juneteenth, as we recognize the trials Black Americans have overcome and celebrate the resilience, vibrancy, and countless contributions of Black Wisconsinites, we must also recognize our fight for equity and justice in this state is far from finished.
Juneteenth is often called America’s second Independence Day, and as we celebrate, it’s important to pause and reflect on where we are, where we’re going and how much work there is left to do.
As we dealt with the abrupt end of Reconstruction and entered the Jim Crow Era, it was through staunch activism and policy that we were able to retain our freedom. As we reflect on this Juneteenth holiday, I hope we take stock of the fact that we are embattled in yet another fight for our collective freedom.
Last year, Johnson dropped his opposition, not because he supports making Juneteenth a federal holiday, but because he said that his opposition would not make any difference in stopping the bill again.
Grothman, Tiffany ignore Jan. 6 hearings, threats to Pence as candidates for governor embrace Trump.
Like toy soldiers, far too many elected officials have lined up to regurgitate Trump’s lie. Encouraging illegal slates of electors, enacting erroneous voter suppression, and remaining silent as our democracy has been threatened.
Our governor has spent his four years in office pushing a woke agenda instead of the priorities of Wisconsin families and workers.
Wisconsin ranks near the bottom in job growth over the past year, according to new data from the the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Evers is calling for a special session is because a leaked draft of an opinion of the United States Supreme Court indicated that the high court is going to overturn the terrible Roe v. Wade decision of 1973.
Church leaders emphatically point out that their job isn’t to do what’s popular, but to direct their flock to abide by the church’s teaching and explain why it’s so important. Looks like they have a tough road to travel.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, debate whether the race for Wisconsin secretary of state may offer a path for pro-Trump Republicans to disrupt election administration. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Republicans have apparently agreed that any question about the deaths and destruction Trump fomented should be answered: “But what about Joe Biden’s high gas prices?”
Indifferent to the revelations of the Jan. 6 hearings, the GOP in Wisconsin is riling up its base with the Big Lie even as those hearings are under way.
A state-run veterans nursing home in Racine County is among the more troubled veterans homes in the nation thanks in large part to a stubborn governor who put politics before people once again.
What is most disconcerting is that rather than take responsibility for woeful economic policy that has created the worst inflation in decades, the president, his advisors and others still seek a scapegoat.
Our 10 Wisconsin Republicans were willing to take part in a fraud that would have unconstitutionally disenfranchised millions of voters, including those of their fellow Wisconsin citizens. And now the state GOP chair has the audacity to claim only his party honors the true meaning of the flag.
The public hearing on the billion-dollar mega-project has been pushed back to December — after the election.
She is a committed conservative who does not back down from a fight.
The Wisconsin Republican Party gets more anti-immigrant day by day. It was true at the Wisconsin Republican Convention last month. And you can see it in Tim Michels’s commercials, one of the leading Republican candidates running for governor.
State chief executives continue to get high marks from voters even as party leaders, Congress do not.