Stories tagged: "Editorial"

Editorial Auto workers picket outside Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne County. (The 'Gander Newsroom/Kyle Kaminski)
Editorial The Auto Workers Strike Expands to Wisconsin. Here’s What It Means in the Short-Term and for All Workers.

While car prices and inventories are among the immediate impacts of the dispute, we should be mindful of how all workers are helped or hurt by the eventual outcome.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow September 22, 2023 11:35 am CDT
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Editorial What a Waste: Squandering Most of a Massive Budget Surplus on Tax Breaks for Millionaires Robs Wisconsin of So Much

Republicans in the Legislature didn’t surprise anyone by taking the most fiscally irresponsible position possible with $7 billion, but it still stings to see how a win-win deal was right in front of them and then rejected.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow June 23, 2023 4:12 pm CDT
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Editorial Evers’ Victory Shows How Ideas and Conversations Can Overcome Cynicism and Nonstop Ads

Never underestimate the power of simply telling people what you plan to do and basing it in the search for common ground.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow November 9, 2022 11:38 am CST
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Editorial The Jan. 6 Insurrection Was Not an Isolated Event. In Wisconsin, the List of Suspicious or Illegal Activities Is Long.

The hearings by a special congressional committee should be treated as a warning—complacency only helps those who want to tear down our democracy.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow June 9, 2022 8:58 am CDT
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Editorial Commissions and Courts Are Not the Only Ones Who Can Enforce Election Rules—Voters Need to Play a Role

It may mean voting in a new direction sometimes, but democracy only works if we don’t reward the authoritarian wannabes.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow April 4, 2022 4:01 pm CDT

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Auto workers on the picket line at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne County. (The 'Gander Newsroom/Kyle Kaminski) News Auto Workers Fight Back After ‘Getting Screwed’ by Detroit Three
(Photo by Matt Marton/MLB Photos via Getty Images) Editorial Anti-Milwaukee Bias Rears Its Head in Funding Fight Over Brewers Ballpark
Climate activists rally in front of the White House at Lafayette Square to demand that President Joe Biden declare a climate emergency and move the country rapidly away from fossil fuels, July 4, 2023, in Washington. After being thwarted by Congress, Biden will use his executive authority to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps that will serve as a major green jobs training program. (AP Photo/Yuri Gripas, File) Climate Biden Launches ‘American Climate Corps’ Program to Create 20,000 Jobs
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Editorial A passenger is removed from a United Airlines flight in Miami, on March 17, 2021. The Federal Aviation Administration logged a record 5,981 reports of unruly passenger behavior last year—more than 70% involving passengers refusing to comply with well-known and widely advertised face mask safeguards. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)
Editorial Time to Punch Back Against the Bullies

A new law increasing penalties for threatening healthcare workers in Wisconsin is a good start. From air travel to school boards, there’s more work to be done.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow March 25, 2022 2:52 pm CDT
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