Claudine Schneider, former Republican member of Congress, reflects on current threats to our democracy and the challenges ahead as America marks its 248th birthday
From Sen. Ron Johnson’s GOP convention speech to legislative candidates, Republicans haven’t paused in their demeaning attacks on people who don’t conform to their views on gender and sexuality.
Vance has compared abortion to murder and slavery, has criticized divorce, and has suggested people in “violent” marriages should try to work things out. He’s additionally said he wants to ban pornography, and has blamed a school shooting on “fatherlessness.”
Religious schools that get taxpayer funds officially can’t discriminate when it comes to admissions, but that doesn’t mean they can’t make life miserable for young people finding their way.
A Dane County judge says parts of Act 10 are unconstitutional. The Wisconsin Supreme Court restores ballot drop boxes, rules against Republicans’ blocking funding of certain programs, and agrees to make a final decision on an 1849 abortion law.
No-fault divorce laws have contributed to lower national rates of intimate partner violence, particularly against women. Some conservative leaders want to reinstate barriers to divorce by requiring “proof” of abuse or infidelity.
In this op-ed, Lucy Ripp with A Better Wisconsin Together reflects on the state of abortion rights in Wisconsin two years after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Their visit to the Pennsylvania Legislature last week included some booing and heckling by Republican lawmakers.
We’re already behind most states in covering the working families whose jobs or incomes don’t allow them to have healthcare security through their workplace. Now it’s been made even worse by neglecting women with postpartum health concerns.
A top Biden surrogate comes to Wausau, Green Bay, and Milwaukee to talk to Wisconsinites about what they could lose under a second Trump term.
