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About 98% of the protesters have been peaceful, exercising their constitutional right to petition their governments to make the changes that are so urgently needed. But violence and looting by a select few won’t bring change. It will only be met with more violence, hurting yet more people as we witnessed in Kenosha this week.
And as my organization, the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, has shared in letters to Kenosha officials and Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, Wisconsin, like every other state, prohibits militia groups from operating within its borders.
The crisis of policing in one Wisconsin city illustrates a national calamity. Yet, Republicans—both nationally and in Wisconsin’s capital—block even modest reform.
Last month, the House of Representatives approved an amendment that would expand the ability of private shipyards to conduct more maintenance and repair jobs on navy vessels, and I am hopeful that this provision will be signed into law later this year.
After Kenosha police shoot a Black man and two protesters are shot and killed by a 17-year-old white resident of Illinois, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, assign responsibility for the unrest, critique the response and offer solutions to ease social tensions.
If Republicans and Democrats alike were willing to join in an effort in the special session it would send a clear message that the best way for change is not to start a fire or throw a brick. It would demonstrate to a new generation of voters and engaged citizens that the legislative process is the best avenue to address wrongs and create changes.
Gov. Tony Evers apparently stopped playing politics long enough Wednesday to take up an offer by the Trump administration to send federal agents into riot-ravaged Kenosha. Or at least up the Wisconsin Army National Guard presence there.
While we mourn, cry, and hope for Jacob Blake’s survival, we must understand where we are in our nation’s history.
What happened in Kenosha is tragic. Sadly, this is a glimpse into Joe Biden’s America.
Robin Vos and the Republican-controlled Wisconsin State Legislature haven’t passed any bill for 133 days and counting, and they completely refuse to address law enforcement reform.
There is an argument to be made that the word “racist” is thrown around too readily by Black Lives Matter people, making every white who doesn’t feel racist angry that they are so described. But all the whites who defend themselves that way should be reading “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” Isabel Wilkerson’s compelling new book that explores the idea of “racism” being an over-used pejorative.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need for the U.S. to think globally about the issues that threaten our domestic security.
Ex-sheriff not indicted but was key fundraiser for We Build the Wall group accused of fraud.
11 Black men, one Latino male killed by police in last decade in state. When will it end?
Even though he readily admitted that he didn’t actually know the circumstances surrounding Blake’s shooting, Evers fanned the (literal) flames by claiming that Blake was “mercilessly” shot and possibly killed by a Kenosha Police officer.
The layers of trauma Jacob Blake’s boys will feel and are feeling is not just limited to them alone but their community as well. These kind of distressing events have and continue to alter the Black community’s identity.
While desperately clinging to the notion the Black Lives Matter protests that have swept through Wisconsin and the nation are “mostly peaceful,” even Evers had to smell the smoke from Kenosha and see the shattered glass on State Street and the Capitol Square.
Why are voters still willing to trust Trump on the economy, even as we are mired in the midst of an economic downturn?
Americans have learned during just the past few weeks how much we all rely on the post office. And it’s for a lot more than voting during a pandemic.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson chairs the Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee — the parent to McCarthy’s subcommittee — where he wields his gavel in the spirit of McCarthy.
About 98% of the protesters have been peaceful, exercising their constitutional right to petition their governments to make the changes that are so urgently needed. But violence and looting by a select few won’t bring change. It will only be met with more violence, hurting yet more people as we witnessed in Kenosha this week.
And as my organization, the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, has shared in letters to Kenosha officials and Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, Wisconsin, like every other state, prohibits militia groups from operating within its borders.
The crisis of policing in one Wisconsin city illustrates a national calamity. Yet, Republicans—both nationally and in Wisconsin’s capital—block even modest reform.
Last month, the House of Representatives approved an amendment that would expand the ability of private shipyards to conduct more maintenance and repair jobs on navy vessels, and I am hopeful that this provision will be signed into law later this year.
After Kenosha police shoot a Black man and two protesters are shot and killed by a 17-year-old white resident of Illinois, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, assign responsibility for the unrest, critique the response and offer solutions to ease social tensions.
If Republicans and Democrats alike were willing to join in an effort in the special session it would send a clear message that the best way for change is not to start a fire or throw a brick. It would demonstrate to a new generation of voters and engaged citizens that the legislative process is the best avenue to address wrongs and create changes.
Gov. Tony Evers apparently stopped playing politics long enough Wednesday to take up an offer by the Trump administration to send federal agents into riot-ravaged Kenosha. Or at least up the Wisconsin Army National Guard presence there.
While we mourn, cry, and hope for Jacob Blake’s survival, we must understand where we are in our nation’s history.
What happened in Kenosha is tragic. Sadly, this is a glimpse into Joe Biden’s America.
Robin Vos and the Republican-controlled Wisconsin State Legislature haven’t passed any bill for 133 days and counting, and they completely refuse to address law enforcement reform.
There is an argument to be made that the word “racist” is thrown around too readily by Black Lives Matter people, making every white who doesn’t feel racist angry that they are so described. But all the whites who defend themselves that way should be reading “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” Isabel Wilkerson’s compelling new book that explores the idea of “racism” being an over-used pejorative.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need for the U.S. to think globally about the issues that threaten our domestic security.
Ex-sheriff not indicted but was key fundraiser for We Build the Wall group accused of fraud.
11 Black men, one Latino male killed by police in last decade in state. When will it end?
Even though he readily admitted that he didn’t actually know the circumstances surrounding Blake’s shooting, Evers fanned the (literal) flames by claiming that Blake was “mercilessly” shot and possibly killed by a Kenosha Police officer.
The layers of trauma Jacob Blake’s boys will feel and are feeling is not just limited to them alone but their community as well. These kind of distressing events have and continue to alter the Black community’s identity.
While desperately clinging to the notion the Black Lives Matter protests that have swept through Wisconsin and the nation are “mostly peaceful,” even Evers had to smell the smoke from Kenosha and see the shattered glass on State Street and the Capitol Square.
Why are voters still willing to trust Trump on the economy, even as we are mired in the midst of an economic downturn?
Americans have learned during just the past few weeks how much we all rely on the post office. And it’s for a lot more than voting during a pandemic.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson chairs the Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee — the parent to McCarthy’s subcommittee — where he wields his gavel in the spirit of McCarthy.
