The Debate Link

When Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic nomination for Michigan Senate in a nail-biter, there was some talk about this actually being a disap...

The other day, the Wisconsin Supreme Court (two weeks away from Janet Protasiewicz taking her seat on the bench and flipping the court's...

Folks are cackling at a line-item veto Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) made which took a one-year increase to the school budget and, though some clev...

Democracy may finally be coming to Wisconsin, as Janet Protasiewicz defeated arch-conservative Daniel Kelly to flip a key seat on the state ...

Years ago, I remember reading a famous paradox concerning how Americans viewed the subject of foreign aid. If you asked them "should th...

The purpose behind "All Lives Matter" was not to include "Black Lives Matter", but in more universalistic fashion. To th...

Liberal challenger Jill Karofsky ousted conservative incumbent Justice Daniel Kelly , slicing the right-wing majority on the court to a 4-3 ...

There is a real chance Donald Trump will be re-elected. I think a lot of Democrats haven't really processed this, in the same way we d...

The Baraboo (Wisconsin) School District has so decided , contending that it "cannot know the intentions in the hearts of those who were...

A student at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is suing her poetry professor  and demanding that a court award her an "A" ...

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is offering a workshop for male students to discuss issues of masculinity in American culture and their...

Scott Walker's newest appointee to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Daniel Kelly, had the following to say about affirmative action : ...

In a stunning announcement, Republican State Sen. Pam Galloway -- targeted in the latest round of Democratic recall efforts -- is resigning ...

I had class today, and one of my students remarked that the Derrick Bell piece I assigned ( Serving Two Masters: Integration Ideals and Clie...

Some might have forgotten that there were two recall elections in Wisconsin today as well, both targeting Democrats. The AP has called both ...

Today's recall elections in Wisconsin are starting to wrap up. As of now, three Republicans (Sheila Harsdorf, Rob Cowles, and Luther Ols...

Is there any chance that the Wisconsin electoral system won't be permanently rejiggered so that recall elections are always happening on...

Wisconsin Scott Walker (R), showing that his astounding lack of empathy does not extend only to the working class, is attempting to withdraw...

Good luck to my friends participating in the final round of the University of Chicago's moot court competition. The three judge panel is...

As the Wisconsin recall filing deadline approaches, it looks as if the final score will be five Republican and three Democratic state senat...