http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/wisconsin-koch-industries-s5.jpgWisconsin needs to do an about-face and fundamentally change its approach to economic development, paying far less attention to WMC and its backward thinking.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/guns-domestic-violence-s441.jpgLegislation calls for enhancing background checks for gun purchasers between the age of 18 and 21, closes the so-called boyfriend loophole, creates a federal offense for straw purchases or trafficking and clarifies the definition of a licensed firearm dealer.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/jailed-s5.jpgMonopolized political speech, mass incarceration and voter suppression together pack an enormous discriminatory wallop. Overcoming the new Jim Crow starts with recognizing it and seeing through the false justifications.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/wisc-dairy-farm-s5.jpgThis week Sen. Kathleen Vinehout writes about celebrating Wisconsin’s Dairyland as part of June Dairy Month. She shares some reminiscences about being a dairy farmer.