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America, that fabled nation with the shining light on the hill, whose Statue of Liberty welcomed the world’s tired and poor, the huddled masses yearning to be free, has become among the world’s most cruel.
If we want to address transportation, housing affordability, homelessness, and economic opportunity effectively, we must embrace a simple truth: we rise or fall together.
Twenty-five years later, our divisions can feel deeper and more personal than they did before. I cannot fix that, but I am not helpless. I can do something smaller, but nevertheless important. I can make sure my daughters know what happened on September 11, 2001.
Milwaukee spent years reducing teen births. America’s falling fertility rate is no reason to reverse that progress.
The ERA Coalition marked Steinem’s passing with an announcement: “The most fitting way to honor her is to finish what she started: to see the ERA finally recognized as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.”
Could spending of settlement cash from Meta and Facebook become issue in fall election?
Tom Tiffany’s voting record in the Wisconsin Legislature earned him the nickname “Toxic Tom.”
Derrick Van Orden is the real working-class candidate in the 3rd CD.
In the last year across America, nearly half a million workers joined a union for the first time. There are more union members in America today than at any time in the last sixteen years.
A growing coalition of companies and organizations is working to expand employee ownership in Wisconsin.
Moving around data turns out to demand a lot of Wisconsin-made metal.
Would that we all could be like Dale and Rachel Schultz, big-hearted and wise, who engage and listen to everyone.
The agency’s wolf depredation rule shows some things never change.
Last week, the “nuke” movement got a boost when Realta Fusion and Madison Gas and Electric announced they will jointly explore developing a 200-megawatt electric fusion energy plant in the coming years through a new strategic partnership.
If we don’t advocate for changes to the way our schools are funded and supported, those changes will not happen. If those changes don’t happen, we can’t give students everything they need and deserve.
The law may be written in black and white, but its application gets really hazy when the person standing before it is Black. And nowhere is that contradiction more interesting, or more complicated, than when we talk about guns, self-defense, and the concept of stand your ground.
The “Equality Amendment” could reduce Wisconsin’s capacity to address systemic inequality and increase gaps in education, health and economic opportunities. It could strip public systems of tools essential for promoting equal opportunity and equitable access for vulnerable communities
I have watched as so many of the gains we celebrated evaporate due to the bigotry and stupidity of so many of our leaders.
The pool of voters willing to talk to a stranger about their politics skews older, more institutionally trusting, and less representative with every cycle.
Milwaukee’s orange barrels and traffic calming projects can frustrate drivers, but early data shows some street redesigns are reducing speeding and crashes.
America, that fabled nation with the shining light on the hill, whose Statue of Liberty welcomed the world’s tired and poor, the huddled masses yearning to be free, has become among the world’s most cruel.
If we want to address transportation, housing affordability, homelessness, and economic opportunity effectively, we must embrace a simple truth: we rise or fall together.
Twenty-five years later, our divisions can feel deeper and more personal than they did before. I cannot fix that, but I am not helpless. I can do something smaller, but nevertheless important. I can make sure my daughters know what happened on September 11, 2001.
Milwaukee spent years reducing teen births. America’s falling fertility rate is no reason to reverse that progress.
The ERA Coalition marked Steinem’s passing with an announcement: “The most fitting way to honor her is to finish what she started: to see the ERA finally recognized as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.”
Could spending of settlement cash from Meta and Facebook become issue in fall election?
Tom Tiffany’s voting record in the Wisconsin Legislature earned him the nickname “Toxic Tom.”
Derrick Van Orden is the real working-class candidate in the 3rd CD.
In the last year across America, nearly half a million workers joined a union for the first time. There are more union members in America today than at any time in the last sixteen years.
A growing coalition of companies and organizations is working to expand employee ownership in Wisconsin.
Moving around data turns out to demand a lot of Wisconsin-made metal.
Would that we all could be like Dale and Rachel Schultz, big-hearted and wise, who engage and listen to everyone.
The agency’s wolf depredation rule shows some things never change.
Last week, the “nuke” movement got a boost when Realta Fusion and Madison Gas and Electric announced they will jointly explore developing a 200-megawatt electric fusion energy plant in the coming years through a new strategic partnership.
If we don’t advocate for changes to the way our schools are funded and supported, those changes will not happen. If those changes don’t happen, we can’t give students everything they need and deserve.
The law may be written in black and white, but its application gets really hazy when the person standing before it is Black. And nowhere is that contradiction more interesting, or more complicated, than when we talk about guns, self-defense, and the concept of stand your ground.
The “Equality Amendment” could reduce Wisconsin’s capacity to address systemic inequality and increase gaps in education, health and economic opportunities. It could strip public systems of tools essential for promoting equal opportunity and equitable access for vulnerable communities
I have watched as so many of the gains we celebrated evaporate due to the bigotry and stupidity of so many of our leaders.
The pool of voters willing to talk to a stranger about their politics skews older, more institutionally trusting, and less representative with every cycle.
Milwaukee’s orange barrels and traffic calming projects can frustrate drivers, but early data shows some street redesigns are reducing speeding and crashes.
