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Natalie Eilbert: Jane Alexander on the arts, the environment and hope for Gen Z
Jane Alexander, the legendary actress of “The Great White Hope” fame will speak at Cap Times Idea Fest with David Maraniss.

John Nichols: Celebrate Dolly Parton’s working-class solidarity
Dolly Parton lifted up the stories of working-class Americans with an artistry — and an instinctual solidarity — that merits celebration on Labor Day.

James Wigderson: Facing Van Orden
The insurrectionist congressman calls a meeting.

John Torinus: Kwik Trip’s ingenuity, principles spell 1000 stores
Kwik Trip’s unique blend of building blocks in its business plan has created a Wisconsin success story.

James E. Causey: If you are going to yell don’t come. My 6-year-old’s wisdom.
A Milwaukee parent tripped a 9-year-old during a youth football game. The incident reminded me of a lesson my daughter taught me years ago.

Larry Witzling: Downtown Milwaukee boulevard for I-794, completing MARK rail plan will build city
Combined with gateway district for intermodal station, it could transform city’s economy.

Tom Barrett, JB Van Hollen, Scott Klug and Michael Tate: Election officials must give skeptics fewer reasons to doubt
Wisconsin elections are safe and secure. The evidence has demonstrated that. The challenge now is making the process worthy of the same confidence and giving skeptical voters fewer reasons to doubt.

Bill Barth: Campaign ’26: Hope in the Heartland
Whether it’s Hong’s loss in Wisconsin or the derailing Trump Train in rural Illinois, it’s part of an old story. Political activists can’t read the larger room. They gather in pods, where everybody sounds the same, then leave exhilarated that their worldview is ascendant.

Jessica McBride: David Crowley celebrated raising taxes on poor people with cake, and his ‘free stuff for inmates’ plan goes awry
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley was once so gleeful about raising taxes on poor people that he celebrated by cutting a cake.

Scott Niederjohn and Wyatt Eichholz: Strong foundations, untapped potential: Wisconsin’s economy
Exploring the mismatch between strong labor, business inputs and our lagging productivity and income outputs

Gary Dalton: Data centers should pay their way, and Wisconsin should set the pace
Treat the very large customers as partners and the larger opportunity is grid, skills, and clean firm capacity that outlast any single tenant.

LaKeshia Myers: Welcome back, scholars: What families should know for the new school year
One of the biggest changes families will notice this fall is Wisconsin’s new statewide policy on cell phones in schools.

Dave Zweifel: Should a year of national service be required?
It’s an idea that deserves serious consideration.

Jeffrey Leverich: Media is dropping the ball on Trump’s corruption
To feel better about himself, the president threatens and denigrates millions of us with his hate and lies while violating the Constitution and lining his own pockets.

James E. Causey: Doris Miller was a war hero. Don’t erase his honor for Trump
Black sailor who defended his shipmates and country during WWII could lose one of the Navy’s highest naming honors to a sitting president who got draft deferments and never served in the military.

Arthur I. Cyr: Reinforcing ties with South Korea crucial
The surviving communist regime in North Korea has belligerently threatened unspecified action due to joint military exercises involving South Korea and the United States. This is nothing new, nor are the exercises. What is new is the declaration by President Donald Trump that the exercises will be scaled back.

‘The Insiders’ examine the post-primary battle for control of Wisconsin’s Legislature
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider how the recent legislative primary will affect the November election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Scott Walker: Look to Wisconsin governor race for 2028 general election forecast
Could Crowley v. Tiffany outcome forecast next U.S. president?

James Wigderson: Wait until Trump renames Niagara Falls
As long as our country is going over in a barrel.

Ben Eisen: Want to help families, Wisconsin? Stop raising childcare costs
Our straitjacket of rules and spiral of subsidies has demonstrably failed; time to give families flexibility.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ analyze the blue wave that flipped Wisconsin’s Legislature
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the political blue wave that swept Wisconsin Democrats into control of the state Legislature. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Nov. 6
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss the factors behind the blue wave in Wisconsin as Democrats win a trifecta and flip the 1st and 3rd CDs, the priorities of Gov.-elect David Crowley and the incoming Dem legislative majority, the wrangling for legislative leadership posts and more.