They perform better and are supported by most black voters — but opposed by most white Democrats.

Tens of thousands of parents take advantage of Wisconsin’s school choice program in order to provide a better education for their children. If Gov. Tony Evers has his way, though, that choice will be taken away from them.

As more Americans experience the effects of climate change, this could well be Trump’s Achilles heel — and perhaps even Robin Vos will need to answer to his constituents for his pathetic indifference.

Mainstream media outlets are learning what conservative news organizations have known for some time: The Evers Administration is brazenly breaking Wisconsin’s open record laws.

The contrasts between Republican and Democratic behavior at the state and national levels are painfully obvious.

The topics explored by “Information Wars” author Richard Stengel were timely and much in need at a time when forces of illiberal democracy are constantly at work in the nation, and around the globe. The best way to fight back, as Stengel noted, is to be informed and armed with facts.

Everybody is making money — big money — in college athletics except the athletes playing the games. That needs to change.

Costs of housing and health care driving up elderly poverty. Are there solutions?

Senators write wonky plans. Mayors get stuff done. That’s why citizens should consider voting for people who have served as mayors for president.

Wisconsinites led the opposition to World War I, with U.S. Sen. Robert M. La Follette risking his career to challenge President Woodrow Wilson’s absurd arguments for sending the sons of Wisconsin farmers and factory workers into a conflict of kings and kaisers. He decried the propagandistic press that sought to “inflame the mind of our people into the frenzy of war.”

In a historic rebuke, all 19 Senate Republicans refused to confirm Brad Pfaff, who had just started his 11th month as secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

Rebranding it “a holiday tree” isn’t an act of inclusivity, it doesn’t avoid offending people, and it’s not in line with the values of the vast majority of Wisconsinites.

In another move to remove all evidence of former Gov. Scott Walker’s tenure in office, Evers has gone back to calling the decorated tree in the Capitol rotunda the Holiday Tree.

Today, the Supreme Court begins its oral arguments about the status of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. I want to restate my strong opposition to the decision to end this program and continued support for Dreamers, here and across the nation.

It would be funny that anyone on the Lafayette County Board thought they could prevent local elected officials and journalists from doing their jobs, if it weren’t so terribly disheartening.

Overall, though, the mayor’s first budget is a good one. It’s not looking back, but will position Madison for its future.

It’s time for Democrats in Congress to join their Republican colleagues and demand that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stop stifling our economies in the Midwest and finally approve President Trump’s new trade deal with our North American neighbors.

One issue that Baldwin has singularly led on is economic security for retirees. No surprise for someone raised by her grandparents.

There is nothing dramatic about limiting the powers of the executive branch—in fact, that’s a necessary function of checks and balances.