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Opportunism and Cowardice: Why Republican falsehoods were designed to destroy democracy

Opportunism and Cowardice: Why Republican falsehoods were designed to destroy democracy

Posted by | Jan 4, 2022

At hand is a plot to destroy American democracy from within. Its organizers have infiltrated the highest echelons of state and federal government, and have instigated and condoned acts of violence directed against our elected officials. This might sound far-fetched. But the threat is real and the seditious group is none other than the Republican party. Its target is the 2024 presidential election. A year ago, Donald Trump limped from the White House a badly discredited figure, roundly condemned for having instigated a shocking attack against a coordinate branch of government. The January 6th insurrection seemed like a wake-up...

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Lost Voting Rights: How a “slow motion insurrection” over 2021 has put fascism on the ballot for 2022

Lost Voting Rights: How a “slow motion insurrection” over 2021 has put fascism on the ballot for 2022

Posted by | Jan 2, 2022

When fascism reared its ugly head in Europe and Japan in the 1920s, it signaled a coming war. As a newer and slicker form of that despotism rises here in America, it may well bring the same type of crisis. We stand on the threshold of momentous change in this nation. While it’s rarely discussed in this frame, the next two elections will almost certainly determine what form of government we’ll have for at least a generation. Will America become more free and democratic, or will we devolve into a 21st century form of Trumpy fascism? The Democratic Party...

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On the brink of a New Progressive Era: America faces a moment of both great danger and great opportunity

On the brink of a New Progressive Era: America faces a moment of both great danger and great opportunity

Posted by | Jan 1, 2022

Do we stand on the edge of a grand new progressive era, with good wages for all, racial and gender equality and justice, and a reduction of the political power of reactionary forces in America? Or will the next president gleefully overthrow American democracy, shutter the free press, and imprison those who object? When Mussolini put Antonio Gramsci, the founder of Italy’s Communist Party, in prison in 1927, Gramsci wrote from his prison cell that, “[T]he old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.” Two forces in American...

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Year In Review 2021: Giving voice to unique stories from the Milwaukee community

Year In Review 2021: Giving voice to unique stories from the Milwaukee community

Posted by | Dec 31, 2021 |

2021 began a second year with the deadly coronavirus pandemic, and the near collapse of American Democracy. Even with a vaccination for COVID-19, much of the turbulence from 2020 continued because of weaponized politics. That social trauma aggravated the public health crisis, and the economy’s struggle to recover. While the year did not present the same risks of physical injury for journalism as the previous, the editorial staff of Milwaukee Independent experienced many difficult challenges in the process of reporting the news and preserving those conditions with images. The Year In Review (YIR) series has evolved from a simple...

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Wisconsin expects a Federal investment of $142M in 2022 to ensure safe drinking water across state

Wisconsin expects a Federal investment of $142M in 2022 to ensure safe drinking water across state

Posted by | Dec 26, 2021 |

Governor Tony Evers recently celebrated President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure bill that will expand efforts to deliver safe drinking water to Wisconsinites by infusing approximately $850 million into communities across the state over the next five years. Governor Evers last month praised the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act as a “Win for Wisconsin.” The federal bill contains an array of expanded programs with substantial, new funding sources for Wisconsin, including $142,703,000 for the 2022 allotment for state revolving loan programs funding water infrastructure projects. The bipartisan infrastructure bill is the largest investment in clean drinking water and wastewater infrastructure...

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