Author : Op-ed

• Featured, Featured News, Opinion, Political, Tracking Trump, Views & OpinionsMarch 20,2017by Op-ed

  Trump budget threatens dream of buying, owning a home

  The NeighborWorks Alliance of Wisconsin Chair Noel Halvorsen issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s budget proposal which would eliminate the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, commonly referred to as NeighborWorks America:The proposal by the White House will have a detrimental impact on people in every part of Wisconsin when it comes to achieving and maintaining.... Read More
• Featured, Featured Views, LGBT, Opinion, Political, Tracking Trump, Views & OpinionsMarch 20,2017by Op-ed

  Trump team rolling back data collection on older LGBT adults

  Hardly two months into the Trump administration — and only one month after Congress confirmed notoriously anti-LGBT Tom Price as health secretary  — the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has eliminated questions about LGBT people from two critical surveys.The administration is already rolling back data collection on LGBT people who receive certain federal programs, making it im.... Read More
• Featured Views, Opinion, Views & OpinionsMarch 16,2017by Op-ed

  Pocan legislation would safeguard future elections from cyber-attacks

  In light of the widespread Russian interference in the 2016 election, U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) have introduced the Securing America’s Future Elections (SAFE) Act. This comprehensive legislation would safeguard our elections from future foreign cyber-attacks and interference by permanently classifying the integrity and security of our electi.... Read More
• Featured, Featured Views, Opinion, Views & OpinionsMarch 15,2017by Op-ed

  Walker-backed tax break gives $572M to people with incomes over $500,000

  Last fall, I had the opportunity to travel across Wisconsin.  No matter where I went, I found stagnant wages, underemployment and was confronted with a growing sentiment that our economic system is rigged against hardworking Wisconsinites.  It’s easy to see why.Over the last three decades, the average incomes for Wisconsin’s top 1 percent have increased by 120 percent, yet the incomes of t.... Read More
• Featured, Featured Views, Opinion, Political, Tracking Trump, Views & OpinionsMarch 14,2017by Op-ed

  Amid attacks, journalists need to focus on Trump’s actions

  As I’ve listened to President Donald Trump go on tirades against the “very dishonest” media, I’ve tried not to take his criticism personally. Lord knows, I’ve made my share of mistakes in my career. But they’ve never been on purpose, or out of malice.In fact, after more than 30 years, I can still remember the phone call from a grieving relative when I misspelled a name in an obitu.... Read More
• Environment, Featured Views, Opinion, Views & Opinions, Walker Watch, WisconsinMarch 08,2017by Op-ed

  Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters: Leading on Lead testimony

  The Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters offered testimony in support of Senate Bill 48, or the “Leading on Lead” bill, at a public hearing in front of the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee.The bill, introduced by Committee Chair Sen. Rob Cowles, aims to provide communities new tools to assist homeowners in replacing lead pipes.League legislative director Jennifer Giegeri.... Read More
• Featured, Featured Views, Opinion, Views & Opinions, ViralMarch 07,2017by Op-ed

  FCC’s temporary waiver will help track bomb threats against Jewish community centers

  U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer says after his push, the Federal Communications Commission agreed to grant a temporary emergency waiver to all Jewish Community Centers that have been targeted as part of the recent wave of bomb threats.“I applaud the FCC’s decision to grant a special waiver to targeted JCCs, which will help us track down and identify perpetrators making threatening calls t.... Read More
• Community, News, Opinion, Views & OpinionsMarch 03,2017by Op-ed

  Wisconsin Republicans reintroduce anti-immigrant legislation that sparked uprising

  On March 1, Republican state legislators John Spiros, Jesse Kremer, and Steve Nass began seeking co-sponsorship for anti-immigrant legislation that seeks to turn local government officials into an arm of Trump’s deportation machine. The legislators are reintroducing the so-called “anti-sanctuary” bill that was defeated by the Day without Latinos and Immigrants general strike of last February.... Read More
• Featured Views, Opinion, Views & OpinionsMarch 01,2017by Op-ed

  Wars do not beget peace — Trump throws another $54 billion at war

  Americans, how long will it take for us to understand we have been “had?”It is family, school, faith and community members who help each generation learn it is better to talk to people than fight, kill and destroy. These are the great Americans.I am repulsed by so many politicians like Mr. Trump who shovel praise upon our military, but who themselves feel they are too good to serve our.... Read More
• Featured Views, Opinion, Views & OpinionsMarch 01,2017by Op-ed

  Texas judges cave to political pressure from anti-LGBT hate groups

  In what could now be the next big LGBT U.S. Supreme Court case, the Texas Supreme Court caved to political pressure and electoral threats from right-wing groups to reopen a case they previously dismissed as clearly unconstitutional. The case puts into sharp focus the threat partisan judicial elections — as occur in Texas — pose for fair and impartial justice and the protection of constitutio.... Read More