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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.
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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.
The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t finished transforming the U.S. and world economies, but for now, the markets appear to be recognizing and rewarding those products and services that are adapting to the “new normal.”
If our great state is going to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic poised for growth, we will need to renew the Wisconsin Idea for the 21st century with a real investment in the University of Wisconsin System.
With this year’s Democratic National Convention largely a virtual affair, do you think Joe Biden will see his polling numbers improve?
Yet another Black man was shot by police, this time in the back, and officers failed to use other less-lethal means to detain him. The video tells us this: Enough is enough.
I will not watch another video of Black people being killed or shot by police. I’ve seen far too many. I will not wait patiently expecting justice because for Black people in this country justice is fleeting and for way too long a pipe dream.
A conversation with U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson on the national debt crisis.
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.
The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t finished transforming the U.S. and world economies, but for now, the markets appear to be recognizing and rewarding those products and services that are adapting to the “new normal.”
If our great state is going to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic poised for growth, we will need to renew the Wisconsin Idea for the 21st century with a real investment in the University of Wisconsin System.
With this year’s Democratic National Convention largely a virtual affair, do you think Joe Biden will see his polling numbers improve?
Yet another Black man was shot by police, this time in the back, and officers failed to use other less-lethal means to detain him. The video tells us this: Enough is enough.
I will not watch another video of Black people being killed or shot by police. I’ve seen far too many. I will not wait patiently expecting justice because for Black people in this country justice is fleeting and for way too long a pipe dream.
A conversation with U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson on the national debt crisis.
