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The killing of Breonna Taylor reveals a deep and pervasive institutional resistance to accountability.

While NBA players tout ed reform, Milwaukee school officials play defense.

Donald Trump has no popular mandate to turn the nation’s Supreme Court into the platform for right-wing judicial activism that he seeks to make it. Nor does Mitch McConnell have a popular mandate to advance Trump’s cause in the U.S. Senate.
Many Wisconsinites are doing all we can to increase voter turnout and prevent another four years of Trump. Our democracy depends on it. Governor Evers should join us by using his clemency power to reinfranchise as many people as possible, right now.

As you take in the fall colors and drive the countryside, please be aware of the farm vehicles that share our roads. Farmers are working hard to bring in their crops and prepare their fields for winter.
Senator John McCain’s daughter is WMSE promotions director, has lived in Milwaukee since 2017.

Our campuses are demonstrating success by first instituting an aggressive testing model, and then by working with faculty, staff, and students to create that culture of responsibility needed to succeed.

Alter the structure and avoid another debacle.

A conservative and Republican writer offers a scathing inside look. Not pretty.

The Republican Party of Wisconsin is warning the Madison city clerk that they will be closely watching a second ballot harvesting event this weekend and that the party continues to “explore” the legal concerns the “Democracy in the Park” initiative has raised.

In a world full of manipulation and misinformation we need to arm our children with the tools to know what is fact and what is fiction.

Swedish approach has been adopted by 35 cities in U.S. Why not Milwaukee?

Our report in fact conveys a great deal of newly uncovered information.

There are still undecided voters, even in Washington, Ozaukee and Waukesha counties, among the reddest and most committed in country. You would have to think that the Trump’s massive business losses, the resulting coverup and the whopping tax avoidance would be a tipping factor for some of them.

A report by the nation’s top experts in address verification, including the official licensee of the U.S. Postal Service, says that at least 39,722 “movers” did not move.

The fact that a a judge in Dane County’s liberal court system issued an injunction may be an indicator that MMSD went too far in its policy or guidance.

The new song by Amanda Shires and her husband, Jason Isbell, captures the pain of the decision and supports those who have to make it. Wisconsin, unfortunately, is among many states whose laws provide no such support.

“The necessary solution is to create stronger incentives for good behavior and laws against bad behavior,” writes Binyamin Applebaum.

Republican legislators condemn Evers’ mask mandate, but won’t override it as the law allows. Why?

I encourage you to get busy creating the country you want to see. Reconnect with what inspires you and challenges you. Don’t lose the faith, but use it, to power through.

The killing of Breonna Taylor reveals a deep and pervasive institutional resistance to accountability.

While NBA players tout ed reform, Milwaukee school officials play defense.

Donald Trump has no popular mandate to turn the nation’s Supreme Court into the platform for right-wing judicial activism that he seeks to make it. Nor does Mitch McConnell have a popular mandate to advance Trump’s cause in the U.S. Senate.
Many Wisconsinites are doing all we can to increase voter turnout and prevent another four years of Trump. Our democracy depends on it. Governor Evers should join us by using his clemency power to reinfranchise as many people as possible, right now.

As you take in the fall colors and drive the countryside, please be aware of the farm vehicles that share our roads. Farmers are working hard to bring in their crops and prepare their fields for winter.
Senator John McCain’s daughter is WMSE promotions director, has lived in Milwaukee since 2017.

Our campuses are demonstrating success by first instituting an aggressive testing model, and then by working with faculty, staff, and students to create that culture of responsibility needed to succeed.

Alter the structure and avoid another debacle.

A conservative and Republican writer offers a scathing inside look. Not pretty.

The Republican Party of Wisconsin is warning the Madison city clerk that they will be closely watching a second ballot harvesting event this weekend and that the party continues to “explore” the legal concerns the “Democracy in the Park” initiative has raised.

In a world full of manipulation and misinformation we need to arm our children with the tools to know what is fact and what is fiction.

Swedish approach has been adopted by 35 cities in U.S. Why not Milwaukee?

Our report in fact conveys a great deal of newly uncovered information.

There are still undecided voters, even in Washington, Ozaukee and Waukesha counties, among the reddest and most committed in country. You would have to think that the Trump’s massive business losses, the resulting coverup and the whopping tax avoidance would be a tipping factor for some of them.

A report by the nation’s top experts in address verification, including the official licensee of the U.S. Postal Service, says that at least 39,722 “movers” did not move.

The fact that a a judge in Dane County’s liberal court system issued an injunction may be an indicator that MMSD went too far in its policy or guidance.

The new song by Amanda Shires and her husband, Jason Isbell, captures the pain of the decision and supports those who have to make it. Wisconsin, unfortunately, is among many states whose laws provide no such support.

“The necessary solution is to create stronger incentives for good behavior and laws against bad behavior,” writes Binyamin Applebaum.

Republican legislators condemn Evers’ mask mandate, but won’t override it as the law allows. Why?

I encourage you to get busy creating the country you want to see. Reconnect with what inspires you and challenges you. Don’t lose the faith, but use it, to power through.