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GOP delegates cheer the nomination of a convicted felon for president with JD Vance as running mate

GOP delegates cheer the nomination of a convicted felon for president with JD Vance as running mate

Posted by | Jul 16, 2024

Cheering GOP delegates formally nominated Donald Trump for president, despite being a convicted felon, as the Republican National Convention kickoff on July 15, less than two days after his brush with gun violence at a political rally. Their vote made it official that Trump, who has long been the presumptive nominee, will lead the GOP in a third consecutive election. The winner in 2016, he lost to current President Joe Biden in 2020. In November, he will again face Biden. Hours after the vote, Trump chose Senator JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate, picking a onetime critic...

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The endless trail of exploitation that began with Reagan’s false promise and led to the chaos of Trump

The endless trail of exploitation that began with Reagan’s false promise and led to the chaos of Trump

Posted by | Jul 12, 2024

Donald Trump tells us we are experiencing “American carnage” and the solution is to round up and put into concentration camps 11 million immigrants; imprison prosecutors, judges, Democrats, and reporters he says criticized him; and replace the FBI and our court systems with his own armed cadre that is loyal to him. The Proud Boys are stepping up again, and he is embracing them. Seventy million Americans, and commentators across the massive rightwing media ecosystem, agree with him. How did we get here? The 1970s were a pivotal decade, and not just because it saw the end of the...

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Israel’s reactionary raids on West Bank refugee camps fuels the militancy it is trying to stamp out in Gaza

Israel’s reactionary raids on West Bank refugee camps fuels the militancy it is trying to stamp out in Gaza

Posted by | Jun 6, 2024

An Israeli army raid in April set off a near three-day gunbattle with Palestinian militants. By the time it was over, homes had been blasted to rubble and many residents had fled. The raid was not in Gaza, where Israel is at war with Hamas, but more than 60 miles away in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the West Bank — a territory that has been under Israeli military rule for over a half-century. The persistence of Palestinian militancy in the West Bank, and its surge since the war in Gaza began, shows the limits of Israel’s military...

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Community Building: David Crowley takes Oath of Office for second term as Milwaukee County Executive

Community Building: David Crowley takes Oath of Office for second term as Milwaukee County Executive

Posted by | May 10, 2024

David Crowley took the oath of office to begin his second term as Milwaukee County Executive on May 9. On April 2, 2024, Crowley was reelected Milwaukee County Executive with 85% of the total vote. First sworn into office in May of 2020, Crowley became the youngest county executive in the history of Milwaukee County and the first Black leader elected to serve in the role. When County Executive Crowley was sworn into office for the first term in May of 2020, it was on the front steps of his home with no fanfare celebration due to the COVID-19...

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Students struggling with math could benefit from an expanding curriculum that teaches financial literacy

Students struggling with math could benefit from an expanding curriculum that teaches financial literacy

Posted by | May 10, 2024

Inside a high school classroom, Bryan Martinez jots down several purchases that would require a short-term savings plan: shoes, phone, headphones, clothes, and food. His medium-term financial goals take a little more thought, but he settles on a car — he does not have one yet — and vacations. Peering way into his future, the 18-year-old also imagines saving money to buy a house, start his own business, retire, and perhaps provide any children with a college fund. Martinez’s friend next to him writes a different long-term goal: Buy a private jet. “You have to be a millionaire to...

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America’s 47th: What our dystopian future will look like if Putin and the GOP can reinstall Trump to power

America’s 47th: What our dystopian future will look like if Putin and the GOP can reinstall Trump to power

Posted by | Feb 22, 2024

If Trump is re-elected, he would be America’s 47th president, so he has named the plans for his second term “Agenda 47.” At best, it is a dystopian nightmare. At worst it means ending our current system of American government, aligning the U.S. with Russia and other autocratic nations, with the U.S. leading the charge against democracy and in favor of authoritarian, strong-man forms of government across the world. Over at his website, Trump lays out the details of his governing agenda, complete with short videos promoting each of the steps he plans to take. They, and his many...

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