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Jamie Stiehm: Senate women are losing numbers — and power
After a steady climb, a dramatic decline of women senators is likely on the horizon.

Richard Moore: Thinking like a historian…about what?
Students are asked to examine hardship. They are fed stories of oppression and discrimination. They focus on identity and woke progressive values. They elevate the downtrodden as the sole heroes of history.

Ruth Conniff: It’s been a rough summer; Wisconsin needs to pull together
In the face of these challenges, and under a violent authoritarian regime, it’s easy to see how things can spin out of control. People are angry, desperate, divided. Wikler offers a better vision. We could pull together and recommit to a peaceful, generous and unifying vision.

David Strom: What on Earth is she thinking? Francesca Hong campaigns with Hasan Piker and Ilhan Omar
This says little about where the electorate as a whole is, but quite a bit about where the Democratic Party is right now.

Josh Pade: Kelda Roys and the promise of a Wisconsin that works
Evers laid a strong foundation. Now Wisconsin has the chance to build on it. Kelda Roys is the leader ready to meet this moment.

Ryan Clancy: Democratic socialism is a practical, moral alternative
Democratic socialism provides very different answers to our budget questions.

Rebecca Draeger: Wisconsin’s fragmented safety net: Who administers welfare and workforce development?
Administrative redundancy slows the process of connecting Wisconsinites with assistance and, ultimately, helping them become self-sufficient again. This fragmentation makes it difficult to determine how effective these programs are as a whole.

Bill Kaplan: Delusional imperialism
Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin has courageously and eloquently tried to block Trump’s increasingly delusional imperialism. Her counterpart, Wisconsin GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, has taken the opposite tack.

Dave Zweifel: As a Social Security cliff looms, consumer worries mount
Worries about the future of Social Security are spreading like Canadian wildfires now that recipients are facing the hard, cold fact that benefits will have to be cut if changes aren’t made within the next six years.

Gregg Hoffmann: Green defense against cyber-attacks
Recent cyber-attacks on water systems across the U.S. serve to increase the importance of taking action on green issues.

Kristen Payne: Families deserve evidence-based answers in MPS budget
Financial challenges do not excuse MPS leadership from explaining how decisions were made, nor does it excuse the board from asking tough questions and offering amendments to make a better budget.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ debate who will pay the political price for rising energy costs
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss which party has a better message on energy costs facing voters in the 2026 midterm election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

James Wigderson: It’s the hokey-pokey primary
Another Democrat drops out in Wisconsin.

Brian Fraley: This poll explains how Wisconsin’s governor race is about to unfold
Barring a political collapse unlike anything we’ve seen this cycle (and we’ve seen a lot), Hong will be the Democratic nominee for governor. That means it’s time to start paying attention to the election Wisconsin is actually about to have.

Scott Walker: Can a democratic socialist win in a purple state?
Democratic socialist Francesca Hong is more than just wrong on economic and political issues; her policies will make us less safe in Wisconsin.

Ben Eisen: It’s time for Welfare Reform 2.0 in Wisconsin
During the mid-1990s, federal welfare reform emphasized employment and achieved substantial reductions in reliance on public assistance and in poverty. Thirty years later, Wisconsin can build on that success by implementing another wave of pro-work safety net reform, this time at the state level.

Amy Curtis: Desperate WisDems send Evers and Crowley on a doomed road trip
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and Gov. Tony Evers are hitting the road in what would be the worst buddy comedy ever. They’re going to try to win over voters with 12 days to the primary.

Mitchell A. Sobieski: Milwaukee’s 2025 flood exposed widening gap between federal disaster aid and local infrastructure costs
Milwaukee’s August 2025 flood revealed how climate-era disasters can break the boundary between household hardship and public infrastructure failure.

Antonia Drew Norton and Carmen Pitre: Milwaukee must work to prevent deadly domestic violence
While we must continue responding with compassion after violence occurs, the time has come to invest just as intentionally in preventing violence before it becomes irreversible.

Bill Berry: Don’t let the cyclospora outbreak scare you off veggies
If you’re worried about produce from big stores or restaurants, which you probably shouldn’t be, go on down to the farmers’ market and buy your produce there, where you know its source.

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.