Robert Lafollette, Jr. and Joseph McCarthy. Russ Feingold and Scott Walker. How could one state–Wisconsin–elect politicians with such divergent views? No state east of
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The minimum rage: Wisconsin edition
With all the talk of raising the minimum wage, there is one state that shouldn’t have any trouble at all doing just that. Why?
What Obama can learn from FDR
In 1934, President Roosevelt traveled to Green Bay, Wisconsin to support working families who were struggling against the equivalent of today’s Koch brothers. By
GOP governors’ overreach may help Dems in 2012
Republicans flipped twenty legislative chambers across the country in 2010 and picked up 10 governorships. Many Republicans, like Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin, campaigned
No struggle, no progress
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops
Wisconsin: Blueprint for a new progressive movement in America
The question shall arise in your day: which shall rule, wealth or man,” said Edward Ryan, the Chief Justice of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, in
Madison protestors, inspired by Victor Hugo, take on Wisconsin’s newly elected emperor
On February 27, the people occupying the Wisconsin state capital building in support of worker’s rights, broke out in a stirring rendition of a
Why Wisconsin is ground zero of the billionaires’ assault on America
Wisconsin Republican Scott Walker was elected governor, and long time Democratic senator Russ Feingold was defeated, because conservative billionaires, David and Charles Koch, flooded
Can a movement tolerate ambiguity?
There have been many individuals wondering whether people would have to take to the streets to awaken our legislators, and most importantly President Barack
On Wisconsin! Go BadgerCare!
BadgerCare is Wisconsin’s healthcare plan for low-income residents—and as state healthcare programs go, it’s one of the best. Wisconsin now ranks second in the