Decades of overbuilding: What comes next as traditional downtowns implode in many U.S. cities
By John Rennie Short, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County The hollowing out of U.S. cities’ office and commercial cores is a national trend with serious consequences for millions of Americans. As more people have stayed home...
Trump’s fake Wisconsin electors admit that President Biden won in 2020 as settlement for civil lawsuit
Ten Republicans who posed as fake electors for ex-president Donald Trump in Wisconsin, and filed paperwork falsely saying he had won the battleground state, have settled a civil lawsuit. They admitted their actions were part of an effort to overturn President Joe...
Governor Evers signs bipartisan bill to fund repairs and upgrades at Brewers stadium for next 30 years
After months of backroom wrangling, Governor Tony Evers signed a bill on December 5 that spends half-a-billion dollars in taxpayer money over the next three decades to help the Milwaukee Brewers repair their baseball stadium. The governor signed the bipartisan package...
Bipartisan bills seek to unlock Wisconsin’s workforce talent by reforming policies impacting DACA recipients
A bipartisan group of lawmakers held a press conference at the State Capitol in Madison on December 4, with the support of business and labor leaders from across the state, to introduce proposed legislation designed to help remedy Wisconsin’s workforce shortage....
Contaminated drinking water: Why some states reject federal money to replace dangerous lead pipes
As the Biden administration makes billions of dollars available to remove millions of dangerous lead pipes that can contaminate drinking water and damage brain development in children, some states are turning down funds. Washington, Oregon, Maine, and Alaska declined...
Reggie Jackson: My childhood miseducation and the institutional control of Negro thinking
“The thought of the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every class he enters and in almost every book he studies. If he happens to leave school after he masters the fundamentals, before he finishes high school or reaches college, he will naturally...
Milwaukee approves resolution seeking to restrict gun access for people convicted of domestic violence
Mayor Cavalier Johnson took a significant step to address the issue of domestic violence in Milwaukee, particularly its intersection with easy access to firearms, by signing Common Council Resolution 231169 on November 29 at City Hall. The commonsense resolution...
From Scott Walker to Ron DeSantis: What drives “Imperial Governors” to seek being elected as President
By Raymond Scheppach, Professor of Public Policy, University of Virginia Many people believe governors make good presidents. In fact, a 2016 Gallup Poll found that almost 74% of people say that governing a state provides excellent or good preparation for someone to be...
How America could slide first into Oligarchy and then Fascism without the infrastructure of Democracy
For far too many years, Americans have made the mistake of assuming that our republican democracy will be safe as long as we elect competent and well-intentioned politicians as leaders. Sadly, that is like thinking your surgeon, who is very good at what she does, will...
American violence: The sad racial history behind why mass shooters tend to be young White men
By Colin Kohlhaas, Doctoral Candidate, History, Binghamton University, State University of New York In recent years, the United States has seen a surge of White Supremacist mass shootings against racial minorities. While not always the case, mass shooters tend to be...
Zepbound: FDA approves new version of Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro diabetes drug to assist with weight loss
A new version of the popular diabetes treatment Mounjaro can be sold as a weight-loss drug, U.S. regulators announced in early November. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly’s drug, named Zepbound. The drug, also known as tirzepatide, helped...
Elevating free speech: Universities form partnership in response to threats against democracy
The presidents of a wide-ranging group of 13 universities are elevating free speech on their campuses this academic year, as part of a new nonprofit initiative announced in August to combat what organizers call dire threats to U.S. democracy. The Campus Call for Free...