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Dave Cieslewicz: Moderates for Mamdani
If I lived in New York City, he’d be my choice for mayor.

Steven Walters: Texas reps fleeing state similar to 2011 Wisconsin Dem exodus
Texas Democratic U.S. representatives trying to block gerrymander vote, Wisconsin state senators tried the same with Act 10.

Kristen Brey: What does it take to go from ‘climate haven’ to ‘climate resilient?’
Allow the myth that we are somehow immune from weather disasters to float away.

Bill Barth: Rude behavior mars culture and politics
Whether it’s Tea Partiers then or Democrats now, yelling is not democracy. It’s crude and rude. Behave yourselves.

Mark Belling: Bill Berrien is a fraud
GOP candidate for governor pretends to be Mr. MAGA. He’s not.

Judith Davidoff: Shrinking newsrooms are not a hallucination
AI is likely just part of the reason a story with incorrect information made it into the State Journal.

Matt Rothschild and Maresa Strano: Give Wisconsin voters more say through ballot initiatives
By giving voters an institutional path to shape policy and challenge entrenched power through the ballot, initiative campaigns can turn legitimate frustrations into constructive civic action.

Jeff Spitzer-Resnick: As a Jew, I can never accept the slaughter of innocents
I strongly condemned Hamas’ horrific Oct. 7 attack on Israel, with the slaughter of innocent civilians and capture of hundreds of hostages. But Israel’s destruction of almost everything in Gaza, along with the expulsion of aid organizations and closure of borders, has led to an amount of death, suffering and starvation that most of us cannot truly conceive.

Dave Zweifel: Under the new anti-vax regime, the viruses are the winners
We’re regressing to a time when ignorance and distrust ruled the world. And lives hang in the balance.

John Nichols: As GOP abandons rural Wisconsin, will Democrats step up?
If more Democrats focus of farm policy and the needs of our small towns, their party could fill the void the GOP has left in rural Wisconsin.

Dan O’Donnell: Gov. Evers’ elusive endorsement
Why Gov. Tony Evers is being evasive about endorsing in the governor’s race.

Christa Westerberg: Ann Walsh Bradley and the cause of openness
This month, for the first time in 30 years, the Wisconsin Supreme Court is without Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. It is also without one of its most consistent advocates for transparency in government.

Jason Tarasek: For a safer Wisconsin, the state should regulate THC
The Wisconsin Legislature would be wise to adopt a version of Minnesota’s hemp-derived THC law.

Michelle Bryant: New school year means shared responsibility
The critical role of a child’s caregiver in their success

Kimo Ah Yun: If the US wants to remain competitive globally, we can’t abandon higher education
If we pull back on higher education while our global competitors invest in theirs, we risk falling behind.

LaKeshia Myers: Texas Democrats stand strong: A familiar fight for democracy
History has a way of repeating itself, and as we watch Texas Democrats flee their state to block another Republican power grab, those of us who remember the Wisconsin 14’s brave stand in 2011 are experiencing a profound sense of déjà vu.

Ruth Conniff: We can’t gerrymander our way back to democracy
If Democrats are going to mount a serious challenge to the fascist takeover of our country by Trump and his minions, it’s hard to see how ceding the moral high ground and running roughshod over the principle that the will of the majority of voters should prevail is going to help.

Bill Kaplan: Don’t avert your eyes or lose hope
Americans will never accept tyranny for long. America is a great nation and “we shall overcome.”

Richard Moore: The common cure for tyranny: Topple the unelected
Unless we reestablish democratic accountability, unelected officials will continue to make de facto laws, shielded from both removal and review. That’s not what the Founders intended and it’s not what democracy requires.

Gregory Humphrey: Role of citizen very important in 2025
The danger of apathy is real. When citizens stop believing in the fairness of the system, they stop participating in it. When law is seen as a weapon rather than a shield, civic life becomes a battleground of fear and resentment.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ Special Edition: Chuck Chvala and the late Ted Kanavas remember less partisan times
WisOpinion marks the Fourth of July weekend with this rebroadcast of the final Insiders segment with then-co-host former state Sen. Ted Kanavas, who passed away July 3, 2017. In the episode, the two discuss political civility and the meaning of Independence Day. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Aug. 1
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss the governor’s race, the impact of the federal reconciliation bill on education funding, U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden’s first bill signed into law, a lawsuit against the Trump administration from religious groups over immigration enforcement and more.