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When it comes to protecting Wisconsin citizens from the COVID-19 virus, the Republican-controlled Legislature has abdicated its responsibility.
“Nobody thinks that that’s a responsible way to carry out justice—shooting someone in the back [multiple] times,” says Mandela Barnes. “That’s beyond bad police work.”
While there are studies that show racial disparities in police misconduct other than the use of lethal force, the oft-repeated narrative that police are “hunting down” African Americans is simply false.
Wisconsin residents of all political stripes are horrified by the violence we’ve seen in our state and elsewhere this summer, and we expect our elected leaders to sit down together in one room long enough to adopt policies to address the problem.
We battled persistent myths, spread on social media and by word of mouth, that Black people couldn’t get coronavirus. I also personally got barraged by white supremacists.
Former Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch is increasing her political visibility ahead of the 2022 elections with the debut of a effort to create a new conservative agenda for Wisconsin.
Wisconsin is, once again, the center of the American political universe. And I can’t imagine a more important place to be.
Firearms are everywhere. There are more of them in the United States than there are people. They wind up in the hands of gangs, robbers and thieves. They have become the go-to choice for police, some of whom see a need to resort to firearms even when it makes absolutely no sense.
Nationally and in Wisconsin more toxins allowed.
“The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football” by John Miller is a brilliant and fun book that tells the little known story of how Roosevelt saved the game of football.
Efforts are already underway to educate people of all ages of the importance of getting involved as poll workers, with organizations like AARP working alongside the Association of Younger Americans and Power the Polls to recruit as many poll workers as necessary.
What science can justify a ban on high capacity wells considering the flooding throughout the Central Sands region?
While Trump has long used inflammatory rhetoric, he has now openly embarked on a strategy to create violent disunity in America.
Thompson deserves support for his “bipartisanship” in fighting COVID-19.
Mobley recounts a conversation with neighbors about UW-Madison’s COVID-19 restrictions.
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need for the U.S. to think globally about the issues that threaten our domestic security.
Information that would normally be released through an open records request could be posted to the internet.
Our business was able to secure a PPP loan, like many other local companies, but those loan amounts were based on 2 months of downturn. It did not reach the scale necessary to handle an ongoing virus and fears of another Covid19 spike this fall.
With the national party conventions in the rearview mirror, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, handicap their impact on Wisconsin voters. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the Wisconsin Counties Association.
The authoritarian instincts of Trump’s most unquestioning followers make them resistant to change, suggest the authors of a new book: former Watergate-era White House counsel John Dean and retired psychology professor Bob Altemeyer.
When it comes to protecting Wisconsin citizens from the COVID-19 virus, the Republican-controlled Legislature has abdicated its responsibility.
“Nobody thinks that that’s a responsible way to carry out justice—shooting someone in the back [multiple] times,” says Mandela Barnes. “That’s beyond bad police work.”
While there are studies that show racial disparities in police misconduct other than the use of lethal force, the oft-repeated narrative that police are “hunting down” African Americans is simply false.
Wisconsin residents of all political stripes are horrified by the violence we’ve seen in our state and elsewhere this summer, and we expect our elected leaders to sit down together in one room long enough to adopt policies to address the problem.
We battled persistent myths, spread on social media and by word of mouth, that Black people couldn’t get coronavirus. I also personally got barraged by white supremacists.
Former Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch is increasing her political visibility ahead of the 2022 elections with the debut of a effort to create a new conservative agenda for Wisconsin.
Wisconsin is, once again, the center of the American political universe. And I can’t imagine a more important place to be.
Firearms are everywhere. There are more of them in the United States than there are people. They wind up in the hands of gangs, robbers and thieves. They have become the go-to choice for police, some of whom see a need to resort to firearms even when it makes absolutely no sense.
Nationally and in Wisconsin more toxins allowed.
“The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football” by John Miller is a brilliant and fun book that tells the little known story of how Roosevelt saved the game of football.
Efforts are already underway to educate people of all ages of the importance of getting involved as poll workers, with organizations like AARP working alongside the Association of Younger Americans and Power the Polls to recruit as many poll workers as necessary.
What science can justify a ban on high capacity wells considering the flooding throughout the Central Sands region?
While Trump has long used inflammatory rhetoric, he has now openly embarked on a strategy to create violent disunity in America.
Thompson deserves support for his “bipartisanship” in fighting COVID-19.
Mobley recounts a conversation with neighbors about UW-Madison’s COVID-19 restrictions.
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need for the U.S. to think globally about the issues that threaten our domestic security.
Information that would normally be released through an open records request could be posted to the internet.
Our business was able to secure a PPP loan, like many other local companies, but those loan amounts were based on 2 months of downturn. It did not reach the scale necessary to handle an ongoing virus and fears of another Covid19 spike this fall.
With the national party conventions in the rearview mirror, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, handicap their impact on Wisconsin voters. Sponsored by Michael Best Strategies and the Wisconsin Counties Association.
The authoritarian instincts of Trump’s most unquestioning followers make them resistant to change, suggest the authors of a new book: former Watergate-era White House counsel John Dean and retired psychology professor Bob Altemeyer.
