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Stephanie Bloomingdale: A prominent Republican once said nation must preserve the rights of its workers
Despite public support for labor unions currently reaching levels not seen in decades, particularly among younger workers, efforts to undermine unions and union organizing continue.

Bill Kaplan: Labor Day, three Wisconsin heroes
Time to celebrate three Wisconsin heroes who have made extraordinary contributions to standing up for working people and against plutocracy: Bob Amsden, Rebecca Cooke and Tom Nelson.

John Sholund: Give Wisconsin workers a stake in companies they help build
As we celebrate Labor Day, it’s the perfect time to go beyond giving workers a symbolic pat on the back with a long weekend. Instead, let’s give more workers a real stake in the companies they help build. A new campaign, Expanding ESOPs, is working to do just that, and I hope sharing my story helps move their effort forward.

Sachin Shivaram: My workers voted for Trump. Now they’re absorbing the impact.
Business was growing for our aluminum foundry. Then came the tariffs.

John Nichols: Workers need a $20 fair wage
When it comes to fair wages, Wisconsin should not be playing catch up. Wisconsin should lead.

David Blaska: Is Justice Bradley the canary in the coal mine?
Conservative jurist Rebecca Bradley will not seek another term — a gut punch to Republicans.

David McGrath: What I learned on my first day of school
When I’m asked for advice, three things I share. First, over prepare for every class. Have a detailed lesson plan, but also a Plan B. Second, be yourself, not some stultified version of what you think a teacher should be. Third, always do what you think is right for your students, not what you’re told by a colleague, the author of the textbook or an administrator long gone from the classroom.

Patrick McIlheran: Building costs heading upward in first impact of bureaucrats being unleashed
Supreme Court’s ‘constitutional revolution’ unleashes wave of new regulations, new costs

John Gross: Why Judge Dugan should not be facing charges for conduct inside and outside courtroom
If you disagree with something a judge does when they are exercising their judicial authority, you can file an appeal, but you can’t have them arrested.

Mike McCabe: Exactly who we are
America is armed to the teeth and wishes to remain so, regardless of the risk, regardless of the human cost.

Eileen Harrington: Are Madison and Dane County ready to fight for democracy?
President Trump has signed an executive order directing a military ‘response’ to ‘civil unrest’ in U.S. cities

Kelly Tourdot: Merit creates workforce opportunity in Wisconsin
ABC’s apprentices can graduate, be promoted, and rise to the ranks of management, or even ownership, all while keeping the benefits and resources they’ve earned during their years of work. T

George Mitchell: A fork in the road for school choice
Wisconsin is now at a fork in the road when it comes to mission-based, educational autonomy for private choice schools.

Ruth Conniff: Crackdown on immigrant workers at a Wisconsin cheese factory triggers backlash, solidarity
Workers who pulled long shifts, kept the plant going through the pandemic and took pride in producing high quality, Mexican-style cheeses — queso fresco, queso blanco, quesadilla and panela — now feel betrayed.

David Blaska: Hate on crazy people, or meet the Minneapolis church shooter’s evil with compassion for all?
The partisan wolves are busy ripping whatever political advantage can be gained from this tragedy.

Mike Nichols: Want to truly help Wisconsin’s children? Stop using them as plaintiffs
Fifteen kids — one only eight years old — just filed a lawsuit in, of course, Dane County, claiming that, as children, they are particularly vulnerable to air pollution and fossil fuel-caused climate change.

Peyton McCauley and Melissa Scanlan: Thirsty data centers in Wisconsin should disclose water use
Massive consumption obscured from public

Scott Walker: Cracker Barrel steps in it
The American heartland, not corporate elite, is the customer base.

Brian Reisinger: Antitrust pushes by JD Vance and AOC, Cracker Barrel outrage signal big change
There’s a political realignment going on around big companies, and it will reshape our economy. The question is how.

Jamie Stiehm: Just when you think Trump can’t get worse, he gets worse
Now he threatens to send soldiers and federal agents to Baltimore and Chicago next.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss issues found in audit of Universities of Wisconsin DEI programs
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take up a recent audit of Universities of Wisconsin diversity, equity and inclusion programs that found a failure to track spending on the initiatives, among other problems. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for June 6
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss budget talks between the governor and GOP leaders breaking down, the Trump administration’s threat to withhold federal election funding from Wisconsin, and the state suspending funding for Milwaukee Public Schools after the district misses another reporting deadline.