The Political Environment

Glad to see a Journal Sentinel editorial about a complaint over housing discrimination in Waukesha County, and the larger context , includin...

Through the back door, the Walker union-busting bill gets published despite an injunction. Another sign that we're in distress, folks...

I'm reprinting below from Milwaukee Democratic State Sen. Chris Larson's e-mailed newsletter because it offers analysis and links fo...

I guess Kasich is Domino #2 (Walker claimed Domino #1 status when chatting up the fake David Koch) as he tells his sympathetic interviewer ...

Jeff Stone earned a "half-Flip" on PolitiFact's "Flip-O-Meter" in Friday's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for state...

UW-Madison History professor William Cronon wrote a blog posting about the rise of the right in Wisconsin, received worldwide attention for ...

If you missed the meetings Tuesday and Wednesday at State Fair Park, you can still submit your concerns by: Mail a form from on-line:  www...

I guess that settles that . But remember... Prosser's experienced campaign manager had this to say when he was hired to run the ca...

Against himself (Walker), no less! And this is the second Indiana prosecutor to go down in flames over an email about the Wisconsin protes...

I've said more than once on this blog that I support Chris Abele for Milwaukee County Executive. His campaign has had a rough few days...

It was kicked there Thursday afternoon by the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District IV. Which raises this question: Can incumbent David P...

Charlie Sykes, Jeff Wagner, Mark Belling - - a non-stop free-media righty chorus for embattled incumbent Justice David Prosser. Wow: bring...

I was between obligations and could only honk in support, but I can report that there were about 200 people already in place - - with more s...

There are so many lobbyists in Wisconsin, and so many well-heeled organizations that hire them them that they have their own separate high-...

AWL Upcoming Event Where & When Wednesday, April 6th 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Madison Club 5 E Wilson St Madison...

That would be the duo of Milwaukee County Executive candidate Jeff Stone and Gov. Scott Walker - - not a musical act, per se - - though thei...

I. F. Stone, the legendary investigative reporter and scholar who, regrettably, is no longer with us. used to publish with his wife a small ...

Most politically-active people I know believe Scott Walker is following advice/orders from a coterie of ideologically-motivated consultants ...

Scott Walker continues his rampage against working people and Milwaukee's large pool of low-income residents by quietly killing a workfo...

Wisconsin has had its share of damage from Canadian tar sand pipeline activity - - details, here - - but an even bigger pipeline project th...