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Judges and legislators with an ounce of integrity should reject Republicans’ current efforts to gerrymander again and uphold the principles of representative democracy, which can only be achieved through fair maps.
Racism is so readily apparent in the copious evidence that racists have left behind. You could not begin to fill the Superdome in New Orleans with the evidence of America’s racist past without running out of room very fast.
Aggravated assaults in America rose by an estimated 12.4 percent, while the murder rate increased by a staggering 29.4 percent—the single largest year-over-year increase on record.
Guns that end up on Chicago’s streets often come from Indiana and Wisconsin.
For more than 110 years, Wisconsin has been a leader in workforce innovation, advancing ideas to cultivate a workforce that remains the envy of the nation.
As a bipartisan group of state lawmakers takes up a bill aimed at breaking up sex trafficking of children, there are growing concerns about sexual exploitation of minors at Wisconsin’s own Fort McCoy, where some 13,000 Afghan refugees are being housed.
We must elevate social studies generally — and civics specifically — in our schools, and news literacy must be central to this curriculum.
The assault on the integrity of our elections has been particularly hard on the thousands of workers who do the tedious work at the polls.
The conservatives who have long championed ditching Wisconsin’s antiquated and punishing tax on businesses warn not to be fooled by the Dems’ seeming change of heart.
As Haitian immigrants sleep under makeshift tents at the Texas border, we need to examine our policies and reckon with our seemingly misguided notions of freedom and independence. Lord knows, Haiti has paid the ultimate cost to be free.
And the results are, ah, pretty weird.
Legislation that recently passed the Assembly would ban companies that produce meat alternatives from labeling their products as “any type of meat product, ‘meat,’ or a similar term.” That means calling your favorite veggie burger a “burger” or even “plant-based meat” would be illegal in Wisconsin.
We are at a perilous crossroad. U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson will obstruct. Will U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan facilitate?
Since the media does not call out their hypocrisy, liberals are whatever they need to be at that time to preserve power. It is time for that to end.
The federal government is once again hurtling toward a debt crisis and government shutdown, thanks to the refusal of Senate Republicans, like Ron Johnson, to fund our government and pay for the bills that both parties have created over the last few decades.
Haiti’s history is a part of American history and Haiti’s blood runs through America’s veins.
Ramping up for the election year ahead, Democrats are again pushing a round of assaults on the Second Amendment.
A violation of precedent, of state statutes and federal law.
Austerity, incivility are hurting kids.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, debate the GOP political strategy on COVID-19 and how voters may react next year. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Judges and legislators with an ounce of integrity should reject Republicans’ current efforts to gerrymander again and uphold the principles of representative democracy, which can only be achieved through fair maps.
Racism is so readily apparent in the copious evidence that racists have left behind. You could not begin to fill the Superdome in New Orleans with the evidence of America’s racist past without running out of room very fast.
Aggravated assaults in America rose by an estimated 12.4 percent, while the murder rate increased by a staggering 29.4 percent—the single largest year-over-year increase on record.
Guns that end up on Chicago’s streets often come from Indiana and Wisconsin.
For more than 110 years, Wisconsin has been a leader in workforce innovation, advancing ideas to cultivate a workforce that remains the envy of the nation.
As a bipartisan group of state lawmakers takes up a bill aimed at breaking up sex trafficking of children, there are growing concerns about sexual exploitation of minors at Wisconsin’s own Fort McCoy, where some 13,000 Afghan refugees are being housed.
We must elevate social studies generally — and civics specifically — in our schools, and news literacy must be central to this curriculum.
The assault on the integrity of our elections has been particularly hard on the thousands of workers who do the tedious work at the polls.
The conservatives who have long championed ditching Wisconsin’s antiquated and punishing tax on businesses warn not to be fooled by the Dems’ seeming change of heart.
As Haitian immigrants sleep under makeshift tents at the Texas border, we need to examine our policies and reckon with our seemingly misguided notions of freedom and independence. Lord knows, Haiti has paid the ultimate cost to be free.
And the results are, ah, pretty weird.
Legislation that recently passed the Assembly would ban companies that produce meat alternatives from labeling their products as “any type of meat product, ‘meat,’ or a similar term.” That means calling your favorite veggie burger a “burger” or even “plant-based meat” would be illegal in Wisconsin.
We are at a perilous crossroad. U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson will obstruct. Will U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan facilitate?
Since the media does not call out their hypocrisy, liberals are whatever they need to be at that time to preserve power. It is time for that to end.
The federal government is once again hurtling toward a debt crisis and government shutdown, thanks to the refusal of Senate Republicans, like Ron Johnson, to fund our government and pay for the bills that both parties have created over the last few decades.
Haiti’s history is a part of American history and Haiti’s blood runs through America’s veins.
Ramping up for the election year ahead, Democrats are again pushing a round of assaults on the Second Amendment.
A violation of precedent, of state statutes and federal law.
Austerity, incivility are hurting kids.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, debate the GOP political strategy on COVID-19 and how voters may react next year. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
