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Reggie Jackson: History teaches us that ignoring the elephant in the room will not make it go away
Horrendous racial discrimination and anti-Black rhetoric which drove a political movement is alive and well all these years later. America has not cleansed itself of racism.

Jeffrey Leverich: Candidates didn’t address economic rights; voters did
Voters supported specific policies to advance their economic rights.

Mike McCabe: Signs of true manhood
When conditions arise that are not for the faint of heart, those who are truly strong know it can’t be every man for himself. They don’t point fingers; they look in the mirror. Then they look to see who’s behind them, lifting those who’ve fallen. They pull the door open, saying it loud and clear. After you.

Dave Cieslewicz: In anticipation of Wisconsin’s deer hunt
A box blind with new stairs and amenities adds to the excitement.

Bruce Thompson: What the 2024 election tells us about Wisconsin voters
Wisconsin was the most competitive state in America. Which issues mattered?

Dan O’Donnell: Adopt the Florida model now
There is also no reason that Florida’s highly successful model cannot be adopted by other states, including Wisconsin. A good first step would be for the incoming Wisconsin Senate to pass an Assembly bill that would allow the state’s clerks to process absentee votes the day before Election Day.

Bill Berry: Immigrant roundup will test our resolve on human rights
The old soap says hope for the best, prepare for the worst. Should the worst become reality, the people who empowered Trump will own it. And we will see where these enablers line up.

Peggy Zimdars: Women need better access to breast cancer screening
It’s time to elevate Wisconsin to the same standard as nearly half the country, implementing policies that increase access to vital supplemental screenings for those with dense breast tissue and other high-risk factors.

Bruce Murphy: Will Republicans support transparent hospital prices?
It could become bipartisan legislation. Or an attack issue for Democrats.

Bill Barth: The best people billions can buy
Money is the driving force behind government decision-making.

Terrance Wall: The Fed chair needs to resign
Let’s get new Fed leadership immediately and a new approach rather than waiting a year.

Mike McCabe: In life as in sport
Saying things are better than you think proved to be a losing message. The loss can either be written off as a nightmare or treated as a teaching tool. If it’s the latter, Democrats will zero in on answering one question over all others: How can a pathway to the middle class be created for every single American?

Luke Fuszard: Avoid buyer’s remorse by thinking before you vote
Approaching elections with an open mind and taking the time to gather comprehensive information is crucial.

Richard Moore: Why progressives believe democracy is undemocratic
Expect progressives to launch a major assault on an “imperial” presidency when Trump takes office, the goal being to neuter the presidency and cement the power of the unelected administrative state as the true realization of democracy. The thinking traces back to Herbert Marcuse, the Guru of the 1960s New Left.

Phil O’Brien: Wisconsin’s health care affordability problem
Expanding BadgerCare would close our health care affordability gap, allowing 90,000+ Wisconsin residents with lower incomes and their families to gain access to comprehensive and affordable health care coverage.

Pam Akers: Citizens need additional protection from opioid epidemic
The FDA has approved several overdose reversal innovations over the last several years; however, access to these reversal agents is not currently permitted by the state’s 2023 standing orders, which allow nurses and physicians to provide communities products like naloxone without a prescription or patient order.

Dave Zweifel: We’re improving our capacity to end life on Earth
It barely got mentioned during the just-ended presidential campaign, but the world is embarked on yet another nuclear race, and the United States is leading it.

Dave Cieslewicz: Madison schools keep failing
Of the 16 school districts in Dane County only one performs worse than Madison.

Christina Lieffring: ‘Sustained’ or not, a city report doesn’t discredit Myadze’s accusers
What an investigation into the alder’s behavior means, and what it doesn’t.

Jenifer Rubin: How a progressive Democrat won in a swing state that went for Trump
Sen. Tammy Baldwin talks about her reelection victory in Wisconsin.

‘The Insiders’ discuss Evers signing his maps following GOP-controlled Legislature’s approval
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, offer their take on Gov. Tony Evers’ signing of legislative district maps approved by the GOP-controlled Wisconsin Legislature. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center for Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Feb. 23
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Ethics Commission allegations of an illegal campaign finance scheme involving a state lawmaker, county parties and the Trump campaign to benefit a pro-Trump candidate challenging Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester; Gov. Tony Evers’ approval of new legislative maps; Planned Parenthood’s petition to the state Supreme Court on abortion, the latest action in the state Legislature, Republican Eric Hovde’s entrance into the U.S. Senate race and more.