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In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, it was reported that when it came to Juneteenth Day, neither Donald Trump nor any of his staff seemed to know the meaning of the holiday before the furor over the Tulsa rally. Really…Seriously…Nobody?
Protesters are helping Wisconsin to have an overdue reckoning with racial disparities and injustice.
Two recent reports suggest the Midwest, more than other U.S. regions, is a place where racial inequalities are most evident in economic disparities – which can translate to frustration among people who want to rise above it but believe they cannot.
Would we honor Japanese Admiral Yamamoto, who led the attack on Pearl Harbor?
As unemployment claims continue to flood the Department of Workforce Development, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, debate who’s at fault for delays that have left many jobless without their checks.
A nationwide push to remove symbols of white supremacy from public places is a welcome sign the nation is moving in the right direction after Minneapolis police officers killed George Floyd.
With fewer students and huge deficits likely, the state should consider closing some campuses and following online model for certain courses.
It only makes common sense, and is a moral and ethical policy, not to discard or deport Dreamers. To do so would run counter to every sensible and good-hearted ideal that Americans hold dear.
Recent events have understandably raised some questions about how Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin might be invoked in situations when individuals become victims of the use of excessive force by law enforcement.
As we speak, the Black community is being devastated by catastrophic losses, both loss of life from COVID-19 and at the hands of police in a different kind of fatal epidemic. Black men and boys are especially vulnerable.
These may be challenging times, but I am confident that if we, as a community and as a nation, want to live our lives as a free society, then we must take the necessary steps to change the systemic culture of racism.
Madison deserves community-based safety strategies. Investments in housing, mental health services, health care, education, youth development and living wages reduce crime more than policing can ever hope to.
The recent actions of Monona police officers and the public response from city leadership illustrate the urgent need for the Black Lives Matter protests and police reforms even in small cities like my hometown of Monona.
If Davis-Bacon is eliminated, projects will be awarded through a fair and competitive bidding system that allows all qualified contractors to compete on a level playing field according to their ability to provide quality, experience and safety.
In general, districts around the state continue to make heavy expenditures in areas that are only tangentially related to classroom performance at best.
We were warned that our UI system was outdated and incapable of handling a huge spike in volume. In fact, many of the very same Republican legislators who were so quick to point the finger of blame at Governor Tony Evers were the same Republican legislators controlling the state’s purse strings for the last decade and failing to act on that warning.
Despite the best intentions of many who work within our institutions of public service, education, economic, health care and criminal justice, the outcomes produced by these systems are too often plagued by racial inequalities that we need to confront and fix.
Applying Act 10 to police unions is the right policy, but it’s in neither party’s political interest. We’re betting the policy change has no chance but we hope to be surprised.
We live in a country where civilian control over the military is enshrined in our Constitution. It follows that cities should recognize the importance of clearly defining, and maintaining, civilian control of the police.
If homicides, and violent crime in general, are rapidly rising now in Milwaukee, what would happen to public safety if the city’s police force lost 200, 300 or more officers?
In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, it was reported that when it came to Juneteenth Day, neither Donald Trump nor any of his staff seemed to know the meaning of the holiday before the furor over the Tulsa rally. Really…Seriously…Nobody?
Protesters are helping Wisconsin to have an overdue reckoning with racial disparities and injustice.
Two recent reports suggest the Midwest, more than other U.S. regions, is a place where racial inequalities are most evident in economic disparities – which can translate to frustration among people who want to rise above it but believe they cannot.
Would we honor Japanese Admiral Yamamoto, who led the attack on Pearl Harbor?
As unemployment claims continue to flood the Department of Workforce Development, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, debate who’s at fault for delays that have left many jobless without their checks.
A nationwide push to remove symbols of white supremacy from public places is a welcome sign the nation is moving in the right direction after Minneapolis police officers killed George Floyd.
With fewer students and huge deficits likely, the state should consider closing some campuses and following online model for certain courses.
It only makes common sense, and is a moral and ethical policy, not to discard or deport Dreamers. To do so would run counter to every sensible and good-hearted ideal that Americans hold dear.
Recent events have understandably raised some questions about how Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin might be invoked in situations when individuals become victims of the use of excessive force by law enforcement.
As we speak, the Black community is being devastated by catastrophic losses, both loss of life from COVID-19 and at the hands of police in a different kind of fatal epidemic. Black men and boys are especially vulnerable.
These may be challenging times, but I am confident that if we, as a community and as a nation, want to live our lives as a free society, then we must take the necessary steps to change the systemic culture of racism.
Madison deserves community-based safety strategies. Investments in housing, mental health services, health care, education, youth development and living wages reduce crime more than policing can ever hope to.
The recent actions of Monona police officers and the public response from city leadership illustrate the urgent need for the Black Lives Matter protests and police reforms even in small cities like my hometown of Monona.
If Davis-Bacon is eliminated, projects will be awarded through a fair and competitive bidding system that allows all qualified contractors to compete on a level playing field according to their ability to provide quality, experience and safety.
In general, districts around the state continue to make heavy expenditures in areas that are only tangentially related to classroom performance at best.
We were warned that our UI system was outdated and incapable of handling a huge spike in volume. In fact, many of the very same Republican legislators who were so quick to point the finger of blame at Governor Tony Evers were the same Republican legislators controlling the state’s purse strings for the last decade and failing to act on that warning.
Despite the best intentions of many who work within our institutions of public service, education, economic, health care and criminal justice, the outcomes produced by these systems are too often plagued by racial inequalities that we need to confront and fix.
Applying Act 10 to police unions is the right policy, but it’s in neither party’s political interest. We’re betting the policy change has no chance but we hope to be surprised.
We live in a country where civilian control over the military is enshrined in our Constitution. It follows that cities should recognize the importance of clearly defining, and maintaining, civilian control of the police.
If homicides, and violent crime in general, are rapidly rising now in Milwaukee, what would happen to public safety if the city’s police force lost 200, 300 or more officers?
