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America is increasingly becoming a country where if you work hard, play by the rules, take care of your family, and live up to your responsibilities, you are a chump. Not only are you a chump, but you are held in contempt by those who want what you have.
Sen. Bernie Sanders and I were talking last week about the state of the American union movement and our conversation turned toward Sara Nelson, the dynamic labor leader who has emerged as the new face of organized labor.
Highway expansion opponents recommend converting stadium freeway into a boulevard, propose new alternative plan for I-94.
More than 11,000 acres that absorb rainwater before it rushes south have been preserved from development.
Instead of expanding her appeal, Kleefisch launched her campaign with an embarrassingly predictable rehash of the messaging Trump lost with in 2020.
As lt. governor she recruited the Taiwanese company and failed to protect taxpayers.
While they gnash their teeth over how the Republican-led Legislature draws “gerrymandered” political lines, local Democrats have long manipulated the redistricting process in Madison, Milwaukee and other urban parts of the state to protect their power centers.
An 1861 lynching in Milwaukee haunts us today.
Stigma has affected both the medical care these individuals receive and the willingness of our politicians to help them.
Tariffs are taxes, and they are taxes that farmers and businesses simply cannot afford to keep paying as we bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Supreme Court is already politicized and has already been corrupted, primarily by Republicans over the past half-decade.
The next UW System president is already leading. Tommy for president.
The blue ribbon commission could lay out future pathways for the incoming president and provide the underlying analysis for each of them. That kind of groundwork would enable the next president to get off to a fast and informed start.
We need to tell young people about what happened on 9/11. We need to tell them who did it to us. And we need to tell them why they did it to us.
The dominant narrative following 9/11 is that things are worse, that nothing good has happened in two decades and that the country is in bad shape.
Remembering the innocent victims of our misguided patriotism.
In the wake of President Biden’s sweeping — and constitutionally suspect — COVID-19 vaccination mandates, Wisconsin needs to know where Gov. Tony Evers stands.
The month of September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month and I encourage everyone to learn more about this “invisible disease.”
The vaccine anger – we’ve got the solution, why fight it? – looks like just the first Biden salvo in getting tougher when his agenda makes overwhelming sense – such as his broad program to address climate change and greenhouse gases as part of the infrastructure bill.
We Energies, Dairyland Power, Enbridge Energy plan major new investments in fossil fuels.
America is increasingly becoming a country where if you work hard, play by the rules, take care of your family, and live up to your responsibilities, you are a chump. Not only are you a chump, but you are held in contempt by those who want what you have.
Sen. Bernie Sanders and I were talking last week about the state of the American union movement and our conversation turned toward Sara Nelson, the dynamic labor leader who has emerged as the new face of organized labor.
Highway expansion opponents recommend converting stadium freeway into a boulevard, propose new alternative plan for I-94.
More than 11,000 acres that absorb rainwater before it rushes south have been preserved from development.
Instead of expanding her appeal, Kleefisch launched her campaign with an embarrassingly predictable rehash of the messaging Trump lost with in 2020.
As lt. governor she recruited the Taiwanese company and failed to protect taxpayers.
While they gnash their teeth over how the Republican-led Legislature draws “gerrymandered” political lines, local Democrats have long manipulated the redistricting process in Madison, Milwaukee and other urban parts of the state to protect their power centers.
An 1861 lynching in Milwaukee haunts us today.
Stigma has affected both the medical care these individuals receive and the willingness of our politicians to help them.
Tariffs are taxes, and they are taxes that farmers and businesses simply cannot afford to keep paying as we bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Supreme Court is already politicized and has already been corrupted, primarily by Republicans over the past half-decade.
The next UW System president is already leading. Tommy for president.
The blue ribbon commission could lay out future pathways for the incoming president and provide the underlying analysis for each of them. That kind of groundwork would enable the next president to get off to a fast and informed start.
We need to tell young people about what happened on 9/11. We need to tell them who did it to us. And we need to tell them why they did it to us.
The dominant narrative following 9/11 is that things are worse, that nothing good has happened in two decades and that the country is in bad shape.
Remembering the innocent victims of our misguided patriotism.
In the wake of President Biden’s sweeping — and constitutionally suspect — COVID-19 vaccination mandates, Wisconsin needs to know where Gov. Tony Evers stands.
The month of September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month and I encourage everyone to learn more about this “invisible disease.”
The vaccine anger – we’ve got the solution, why fight it? – looks like just the first Biden salvo in getting tougher when his agenda makes overwhelming sense – such as his broad program to address climate change and greenhouse gases as part of the infrastructure bill.
We Energies, Dairyland Power, Enbridge Energy plan major new investments in fossil fuels.
