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Dominique Paul Noth: Death and virus – Maddow forces us to keep several balls in the air

Until the Floyd explosion in dozens of cities, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow was trying to split the nation’s attention in her nightly news show between the global pandemic and the steady but diverse deterioration state by state, nursing home by nursing home, prison by prison, meat packing plant by plant, doctor by doctor. In many ways, this is the real human story of the president’s failure and where our nation must be paying attention to recover.

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M.D. Kittle: Worse than once thought

Pandemic and Gov. Tony Evers’ lockdown policies have battered and bruised Wisconsin’s economy. As the Badger State slowly shakes off the dust of a statewide shutdown, economic indicators show it will be some time before the economy really rebounds.

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Timothy Harrington: The Affordable Care Act in the COVID-19 era

The COVID-19 pandemic emphasizes that we must do even more to improve how U.S. health care is delivered and financed. The only way the ACA will be maintained as a foundation for these efforts — regardless of what the Supreme Court decides, is to elect Vice President Joe Biden to the presidency, Democratic majorities in the Senate and the House, and moderate candidates to state offices.

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Dominique Paul Noth: Death and virus – Maddow forces us to keep several balls in the air

Until the Floyd explosion in dozens of cities, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow was trying to split the nation’s attention in her nightly news show between the global pandemic and the steady but diverse deterioration state by state, nursing home by nursing home, prison by prison, meat packing plant by plant, doctor by doctor. In many ways, this is the real human story of the president’s failure and where our nation must be paying attention to recover.

Read More »

M.D. Kittle: Worse than once thought

Pandemic and Gov. Tony Evers’ lockdown policies have battered and bruised Wisconsin’s economy. As the Badger State slowly shakes off the dust of a statewide shutdown, economic indicators show it will be some time before the economy really rebounds.

Read More »

Timothy Harrington: The Affordable Care Act in the COVID-19 era

The COVID-19 pandemic emphasizes that we must do even more to improve how U.S. health care is delivered and financed. The only way the ACA will be maintained as a foundation for these efforts — regardless of what the Supreme Court decides, is to elect Vice President Joe Biden to the presidency, Democratic majorities in the Senate and the House, and moderate candidates to state offices.

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