Editorials

Jane Belmore retired from the Madison Metropolitan School District last week… for the third time.

Please help us. Help our city and our citizens. Help each other. Help us end this senseless gun violence.

Much of the attention resulting from the racial justice movement has been focused on schools and policing for obvious and necessary reasons.

What do you want to see in a new police chief? What does an inclusive economy look like to you? Are you looking for new voices?

Newly hired Madison Metropolitan School District Superintendent Dr. Carlton Jenkins met with the WISC Editorial Board last Friday morning, and his message was clear and confident. "This is the time," he told us.

Normally this weekend would be the annual back-to-school celebration hosted by 100 Black Men of Madison.

We’re less than a week away from the fall primary election, interest in voting is extremely high and seems to just keep growing, and there’s still time to make sure your ballot gets counted.

While we struggle with understandable differences of opinion on staying safe and deploying resources basic needs remain a shared concern for all of us.

Republican state lawmakers, it seems you still have a little time to avoid the embarrassment of returning to session for the sole reason of obstructing the governor’s attempt to protect Wisconsin citizens from getting infected with the coronavirus.

Thank you, Gov. Evers.

Yesterday we asked for some leadership on some important issues that are just not going very well right now.

It seems like a long time since the idea that we’re all in this together offered some solace.

On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed into law protection from discrimination against millions of people with disabilities and ensured their right to reasonable accommodations.

Retired Dane County Circuit Court Judge Bill Foust is dealing with some pretty serious health challenges right now and we just want to take a minute to him know a lot of folks are thinking about him and appreciate him.

Equity is more than words.

The recent racist attack by a 60 year-old white man on five young, African American women in downtown Madison is but the latest example of the urgent need for white people to condemn acts of racism and hate.

With all of the challenges facing us there remains one very straight forward and at least moderately effective action we can take, and that’s vote. But once again voting requires some preparation and the time for that is now.

We’ve got some good news and some less good news regarding one of our favorite inclusive and equitable education programs.

It becomes clearer every day that we must embrace new ideas, new policies, new realities for some of the most long-standing institutions in civil society.

Well there is no excuse for not getting unemployment help to those who so desperately need it, especially those folks who have been waiting for months.

Because our shared concerns and our many needs can seem overwhelming these days, it's important to note what's being done as well as what we must do. 

Dear Dr. Jenkins, welcome back to Madison.