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Rolf Lindgren: ‘Racist rock’ now gone for five years from Madison
In 1925, the rock appeared in a newspaper article that contained an offensive racial slur.

Bob Wahlin: China’s playbook is designed to manipulate American markets
The Chinese government heavily subsidizes its companies, allowing them to flood the US with artificially priced products. Stopping China’s playbook is key to Wisconsin manufacturing job growth.

Reg Wydeven: USDOJ suit claims Uber drivers discriminate against disabled riders
Last fall, the Justice Department filed a $125 million lawsuit against Uber, alleging that the ride-sharing company discriminates against passengers with disabilities.

Bruce Murphy: How Republicans helped elect Crowley
They spent millions to help Hong win Democratic primary for governor, then began attacking her.

John Nichols: Francesca Hong stirred up a movement
While Hong and many of her supporters will work this fall to elect Crowley, the movement they have cooked up has every potential to extend beyond this election year.

Jessica McBride: ‘Data Center’ David Crowley fumbles key issue after his establishment coronation
Crowley had a chance to differentiate himself from Tiffany on an issue that is a fiery one and crosses political lines besides, but he punted

John Torinus: Crowley building team of rivals
David Crowley is showing major league political smarts as the Democratic nominee for the Wisconsin governorship. He has signaled a double-barreled campaign.

Jay Blankenship: There is urgent need to help Milwaukee nonprofits survive
Nonprofit organizations are failing and will need change to succeed in helping the people they serve.

Paul Fanlund: Democrats have a chance to unite Wisconsin behind Crowley
Hong and Crowley largely support the same progressive agenda that would increase public school funding, advance environmental protection, and rebuild a strong and compassionate safety net, among other aspirations. And Crowley, more than Evers, should have a better chance of success with the likelihood of a more supportive Legislature.

Steven Walters: What Wisconsin primary fight means for eight Democrats
Now that the Aug. 11 Wisconsin primary is over, what is in the future for the Democratic gubernatorial candidates?

Dan Shafer: 12 Takeaways from Wisconsin’s Discombobulating Democratic Primary
Our post-election deep-dive breakdown on everything from David Crowley’s comeback to Francesca Hong’s campaign to how the race was won to the looming electability question and everything in between.

James N. Fitzhenry: Wisconsin election results stun as humans wreck the machines
Did it occur to the people wringing their hands that the outcome was more about how voters in the Democratic primary see themselves and their future than what the commentators and pollsters decreed?

Jing Wang: Hong as Wong not simple racist punchline. It’s even worse.
Throughout her campaign, right-wing media and social media users have shown blatant anti-Asian racism toward Hong.

Austin Ramirez: Luck is no way to choose a governor
Final five elections replace the closed partisan primaries with one open primary where every candidate competes and the top five advance, regardless of party. November is then decided by an instant runoff, so the winner must earn a real majority. No spoilers. No wasted votes. And no more hoping the establishment can protect us from the fringe by a few thousand votes.

James E. Causey: GLP-1 pills are popular. People of color can’t afford them.
A breakthrough class of weight-loss drugs is transforming lives, but for many Americans, cost and insurance coverage remain the biggest barriers to treatment.

Dan Knodl: Success has more than one path
Too often, our culture sends the message that success is defined by a four-year degree. Wisconsin’s economy tells a different story.

Jon Shelton: Along with new UW president, we need a new Board of Regents
Most of the current regents have very little knowledge (or any interest in learning) how things work on our campuses, how they could work better, or even the educational needs of our students.

Fabu: Police and public would benefit from use of body cameras
Madisonians should want to preserve human life as a priority, while also recognizing humanity includes police, especially their families. My hope is that future use of body cameras will help assist people and police with improved relationships.

Bill Kaplan: Ron Johnson, political distraction and vaccine ignorance
Johnson increasingly acts like Joe McCarthy with fearmongering and bold-faced lies.

Dave Zweifel: Attack on Fauci a sign of the times
Here is a doctor who could have made millions in private practice, instead devoting 50-plus years to working a civil service job. Acknowledged as the man who tackled the AIDS crisis, now he’s being dragged through the political mud in his retirement years.

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.