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H. Carl Mueller: Build your family’s legacy by investing in democracy
By receiving financial support through a named family legacy fund, independent journalists and policy makers can be free to report on the important issues of the day and help sustain our democracy.
Scott Walker: Tax cuts, not hikes, raise the tide for all
President Ronald Reagan made history 45 years ago when he signed the largest tax cuts ever at his beloved California Rancho del Cielo.
Dave Zweifel: End the willful neglect of national parks
Our national parks preserve the most stunning natural and historic places for everyone, rich or poor, forever. We can’t allow an uncaring, childlike wannabe dictator ruin what generations of Americans have built.
Jamie Stiehm: IndyCar race at the National Mall: just one more outrage
Drivers of racecars will speed around the Smithsonian buildings. No pedestrians are allowed to wander these grand places of history, culture and art that belong to the American people for free. Tickets went on sale.
Tom Still: Not all data center sites are wrong: Wisconsin Rapids is one example
The former Verso plant is symbolic of how the words “data center” have become politically radioactive in Wisconsin – even when that industrial-zoned site is undergoing a brownfield cleanup that would scare away most developers.
Gregory Humphrey: Three Black governors in 250 years, will progress break open in midterms?
The number of Black nominees is unprecedented. Maryland, Wisconsin, Georgia, Florida, Nevada, South Carolina, Minnesota, and Michigan will be watched in the 76 days to the elections.
Anthony Pahnke: Crowley campaign should build on efforts in rural Wisconsin
Past gubernatorial races in Wisconsin show that candidates cannot ignore rural voters.
Frank Manzo: Here’s how Trump’s tariffs have damaged Wisconsin’s economy
In Wisconsin, the data showed that the sweeping tariffs imposed in 2025 raised costs for the average household by $1,100 over the year, cost 3,900 manufacturing jobs, and shrunk annual economic output by $2 billion.
Michael Lucas: Econ 101: Socialism, Part III:
A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of society. Socialism is not an alternative to capitalism; it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as human beings.
Bruce Thompson: Learning our lesson from COVID-19
Rather than blaming Fauci, Rand Paul and Ron Johnson should consider the impact of vaccine resistance.
Cheron Copeland: Lessons from Milwaukee’s flooding
One year ago the city was deluged with a 1000-year flood. Local officials need to learn from this.
Dave Zweifel: Tom Tiffany can’t hide his extremism
No matter what his clever television ads try to make him, Tom Tiffany is the most extreme right-wing member of Congress, and he’s beholden to only one man: Donald Trump.
Mark Belling: Tiffany can beat Crowley
There’s a reason Milwaukee Democrats never get elected governor.
James Wigderson: Tiffany resets the stakes
A vote for Tiffany this November is a vote for electoral chaos and a constitutional crisis, with Wisconsin as ground zero for the fight for the country’s soul.
Clarence Nicholas: The governorship of a man of African Descent and its influence on Wisconsin’s institutions: Housing, healthcare, employment, education, and social justice
A governor of African descent would bring a perspective informed by historical experiences often overlooked within policymaking institutions. More importantly, such a governor could prioritize policies designed to reduce disparities that have persisted for generations.
Bill Barth: Campaign ’26: Hope in the Heartland
I’m actually somewhat encouraged. Hong’s defeat — late though it came — suggests lots of Wisconsin Democrats stood up for more mainstream views. Likewise, the pulse in rural America is turning against the worst impulses of the Right because it’s causing real pain.
Spencer Black: Unite behind Crowley, but learn from Hong
Crowley’s victory was very narrow and Democrats have much to learn from Hong’s campaign.
Simran Arora: Making Wisconsin more affordable for working families
Strong schools give our children opportunities. Strong communities give families stability. An affordable Wisconsin gives them the freedom to build their future.
James E. Causey: Fights show we didn’t listen after Sherman Park uprising
Ten years after MKE was warned that adults were failing Black youth, another outbreak of violence raises the question: Did we ever really listen? Accountability doesn’t begin and end with the child.
Bruce Murphy: Ron Johnson continues his war on vaccines
He’s run 5 Senate committee hearings in the last year spreading crackpot theories and disinformation.
WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ examine the battle for control of the Wisconsin Legislature
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, review the upcoming races to control the Wisconsin Legislature and the issues that favor each party. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Rewind: Your Week in Review for Sept. 18
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss Tom Tiffany’s plane crash, the U.S. Supreme Court halting President Trump’s mail-in balloting restrictions, oral arguments before the state Supreme Court in two cases challenging the state’s congressional lines and more.