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LaKeshia Myers: Breast cancer: Not just a female problem
A man’s risk for breast cancer is higher if a close family member has had breast cancer.

Jamie Stiehm: Government shutdown reveals who actually cares
Nearly all House and Senate Democrats are holding firm to bring Trump to the table to save certain subsidies as part of the Affordable Care Act, former President Barack Obama’s signature law, which Trump has long tried to demolish.

James Causey: Teacher singing ‘monkey birthday song’ can turn controversy into a lesson
I’m surprised to have to say this in 2025, but here we go. Dear fellow Americans: Referring to Black people — whether they are men, women, or children — as monkeys, apes, gorillas, chimpanzees, or anything related to that species is highly offensive and racist.

Gregory Humphrey: Local teenager facing financial nightmare of gun violence
In the United States, unlike in other nations who know how to control gun violence, we have to measure not only the lives lost to bullets but also the billions of dollars drained from a strained health care system.

Dave Cieslewicz: Time to end enormous buyouts for UW coaches
If UW-Madison were to fire football coach Luke Fickell he’d still be owed $29 million just to walk away.

Bill Kaplan: Farmers want economic security
Farmers in the Midwest have historically been ahead of the curve in advocating for economic security, electoral reform, health coverage and regulation of big business.

Steven Walters: Will bipartisan agreement on Wisconsin election law changes survive court order?
A Waukesha judge has issued a ruling requiring proof of citizenship to vote.

Daniel R. Suhr: We owe Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley our gratitude
As she declines to run again and finishes her tenure, Wisconsinites owe a deep debt of gratitude to the foremost champion of our constitutional rights and liberties on our state courts.

Richard Moore: Kaul announces he’s running for (shadow) governor
If a Republican is elected governor next November, Kaul’s likely cruise to a third term as attorney general would set him up as the deep state’s chief executive.

Jason Polzin and Erik Iverson: From bench to bedside: How WARF and GE HealthCare turn ideas into impact
Over more than three decades, GE HealthCare, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation have built one of the nation’s most productive research and product development collaborations.

George Mitchell: School choice in Wisconsin — will it flatline?
Wisconsin legislators in both parties are ready to ramp up the regulatory machine. This will slow — and likely reduce — the participation of private schools.

Jordan Sinz: Behind every successful school year is a team you don’t always see
As we celebrate National Learning and Development Month, CESA 10 is proud to partner with educators, administrators and the support teams who make learning possible.

John Torinus: Republican congressmen still in hiding
The disappearing act of Republican congressmen continues. Their town hall meetings, once a standard practice for staying in touch with their constituents, have become a rare occurrence in the face of in-your-face protests.

John Nichols: The message from Wisconsin is ‘No Kings!’
Wisconsinites will on Saturday raise the oldest and most patriotic of American cries: “No Kings!”

David Blaska: Prosecute your enemies, pay nothing unless you win
Maybe Letitia James and the original wagers of law fare deserve a little hair of the dog.

Mitchell A. Sobieski: Mechanism of control: How a 1990 GOP memo reshaped American politics by turning language into a weapon
In 1990, a little-known Republican political training organization called GOPAC released a document that would come to define American political rhetoric for decades to come.

Dave Zweifel: Bernie Sanders lays out terrifying results of GOP policies
One of the reasons congressional Democrats are standing strong against their GOP colleagues’ efforts to extend the One Big Beautiful Bill’s cuts to health care stems from a report from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on the devastation the cuts will cause American families.

Michelle Bryant: Remembering George Floyd: We are the stewards of his story
It has now been five years since the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, a tragedy that became a catalyst for urgent conversations and action on race, justice, and equality in the United States and across the globe.

Paul Fanlund: The Charlie Kirk column the Star Tribune wouldn’t touch
Missing from the mix on the Minnesota Star Tribune’s opinion page was the voice of Angela Denker, a Lutheran pastor, author, and expert on white Christian nationalism.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ assess the GOP field for Wisconsin governor
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at who’s in and who’s out in the GOP field for Wisconsin governor. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ consider losing candidates’ political futures
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the political futures for losing candidates in November’s election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Oct. 18
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and guest host Jessie Opoien of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel discuss the presidential race, fundraising numbers in the U.S. Senate race and key House races, tonight’s U.S. Senate debate and more.