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President Joe Biden has signed the bipartisan infrastructure bill passed by the Congress into law. And, the Democratic-led House passed the Build Back Better Act.
The message that came from that courtroom was a chilling one for the families of the victims of Kyle Rittenhouse’s killing spree, and for America.
They tried their best to interfere in the Rittenhouse case, but the jurors tasked with actually administering justice refused to let them. Rittenhouse didn’t win so much as justice itself did.
In delivering its verdict, a Wisconsin jury decided that Rittenhouse’s conduct was justified, even though the prosecution argued that he provoked the violent encounter and, therefore, should not be able to find refuge in the self-defense doctrine.
There is no doubt whatsoever that Black citizens are not treated the same as others in high profile and tragic circumstances.
Evers and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes again refused to take responsibility for helping to light the fuse on the riots that led to the homicide trial.
Black elected positions sacrificed as part of national election strategy.
Critical race theory in schools prompts pushback by parents in Wisconsin and across the nation.
Milwaukee’s moving target of a mayoral election is going to be its most competitive in a generation. The field is beginning to get settled.
No one deserved that honor more than than Phil Haslanger, one of Madison’s leading voices for social and racial justice.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, handicap the 2022 Democratic field for U.S. Senate as pols await incumbent Republican Ron Johnson’s decision on whether to run for reelection. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
To disgruntled Democrats and independents who seem willing to undercut a Democratic president who is our principal bulwark against genuine evil, race in America may be something to factor in to your purist sentiments about Biden’s performance.
The only antidote to all of this is to restore our sense of community and mutual humanity.
In the 48 hours leading up to Kyle Rittenhouse’s deadly encounter with Joseph Rosenbaum, Wisconsin’s governor failed to do his job.
On Wednesday night, Kenosha Police took into custody a man later identified as an MSNBC producer for running a red light in an obvious attempt to follow a van full of jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.
If you think a verdict of “not guilty” was the wrong result, your quarrel is not with the jurors who decide the case but with the law as it is written.
If the justice’s principles hold, it will be a six-member court deciding Wisconsin’s political boundaries for the next decade.
Like no time in the past, today there is a big need to preserve our ethical traditions while aggressively taking action to prevent wildlife and native habitat from disappearing.
Safety during gun deer season is more than four firearm rules. Gun handling, tree stand harnessing, chronic wasting disease, and COVID-19 must all be dealt with to protect one another and the animal being pursued.
The BETTER Kidney Care Act would create a system that enables care providers to better communicate with each other and work together to address a patient’s overall health, rather than working separately to address individual conditions.
President Joe Biden has signed the bipartisan infrastructure bill passed by the Congress into law. And, the Democratic-led House passed the Build Back Better Act.
The message that came from that courtroom was a chilling one for the families of the victims of Kyle Rittenhouse’s killing spree, and for America.
They tried their best to interfere in the Rittenhouse case, but the jurors tasked with actually administering justice refused to let them. Rittenhouse didn’t win so much as justice itself did.
In delivering its verdict, a Wisconsin jury decided that Rittenhouse’s conduct was justified, even though the prosecution argued that he provoked the violent encounter and, therefore, should not be able to find refuge in the self-defense doctrine.
There is no doubt whatsoever that Black citizens are not treated the same as others in high profile and tragic circumstances.
Evers and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes again refused to take responsibility for helping to light the fuse on the riots that led to the homicide trial.
Black elected positions sacrificed as part of national election strategy.
Critical race theory in schools prompts pushback by parents in Wisconsin and across the nation.
Milwaukee’s moving target of a mayoral election is going to be its most competitive in a generation. The field is beginning to get settled.
No one deserved that honor more than than Phil Haslanger, one of Madison’s leading voices for social and racial justice.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, handicap the 2022 Democratic field for U.S. Senate as pols await incumbent Republican Ron Johnson’s decision on whether to run for reelection. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
To disgruntled Democrats and independents who seem willing to undercut a Democratic president who is our principal bulwark against genuine evil, race in America may be something to factor in to your purist sentiments about Biden’s performance.
The only antidote to all of this is to restore our sense of community and mutual humanity.
In the 48 hours leading up to Kyle Rittenhouse’s deadly encounter with Joseph Rosenbaum, Wisconsin’s governor failed to do his job.
On Wednesday night, Kenosha Police took into custody a man later identified as an MSNBC producer for running a red light in an obvious attempt to follow a van full of jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.
If you think a verdict of “not guilty” was the wrong result, your quarrel is not with the jurors who decide the case but with the law as it is written.
If the justice’s principles hold, it will be a six-member court deciding Wisconsin’s political boundaries for the next decade.
Like no time in the past, today there is a big need to preserve our ethical traditions while aggressively taking action to prevent wildlife and native habitat from disappearing.
Safety during gun deer season is more than four firearm rules. Gun handling, tree stand harnessing, chronic wasting disease, and COVID-19 must all be dealt with to protect one another and the animal being pursued.
The BETTER Kidney Care Act would create a system that enables care providers to better communicate with each other and work together to address a patient’s overall health, rather than working separately to address individual conditions.
