What is the potential impact of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law after 6 months? Can it, as Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich proposed on a media call hosted by Citizen Action this week, fund an expansion of Amtrak to the City of Champions? What do this week’s Pennsylvania primaries portend for WI? Are the insurrectionists and the progressive populists on the…
Citizen Action is hiring! Movement Politics Director Campaigns Director Northeast Wisconsin Co-op Organizer Make Meds Affordable The Citizen Action Healthcare for All organizing co-op is gearing up to throw down over the price of prescription drugs. In the United States, prescription drug corporations continue to raise the already-outrageous prices of medicines. Households face impossible decisions, such as whether to buy…
We take stock on 1 million COVID-19 deaths in America. What does it say about the country and what does it portend for the future? Primary elections have started across the country and we look at the role of Donald Trump in the elections. Robert discusses lessons to be learned from John Fetterman’s campaign for U.S. Senate in the upcoming…
Friday, May 6th Citizen Action is hiring! Movement Politics Director Campaigns Director Northeast Wisconsin Co-op Organizer Hundreds rally in Eau Claire to support abortion rights Less than 24 hours after the U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion overturning abortion rights was leaked on Monday night, hundreds of people in Eau Claire took to the streets Tuesday in protest. Organized by local…
We discuss the latest shock to American democracy, the SCOTUS leak of a draft majority opinion overturning Roe V Wade, with Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin’s Courtney Hayward. We explore the politics and the implications for Wisconsin. Are there ways we can fight back effectively? Yet another judge orders Assembly Republicans to prevent the destruction of records in ex Supreme…
Friday, April 29th Citizen Action is hiring! Movement Politics Director Campaigns Director Northeast Wisconsin Co-op Organizer RSVP for Citizen Action Brewfest 2022! Wednesday, June 22nd, 6pm, Milwaukee Office. Citizen Action members and staff attend People’s Action Strategy Summit in Denver this weekend. Citizen Action Driftless Organizing Coop’s Earth Day 2022: Protect the Future. On Earth Day, last Friday, April 22nd,…
We have a fantastic conversation with Justice is Global’s Tobita Chow to discuss an American Prospect article denying that anti-China ads tap into anti-Asian sentiments in the American public. Are there Democratic party arguments that can inadvertently spread hate and aid the Republicans? We discuss the new Marquette Law poll. Is there any shakeup in Wisconsin politics in this critical…
The pandemic isn’t over. COVID-19 cases are slowly rising nationally, including Wisconsin. Although there’s only a slight rise in hospitalizations, while deaths decline, now is not the time to drop our guard. Too many have still not been partially or fully vaccinated, increasing the risk of more COVID-19 variants. It’s clear that COVID-19 vaccines are “free, safe and highly effective”…
We assess the damage of the State Supreme Court redistricting bombshell, imposing a radical gerrymander for WI Assembly and Senate districts for at least 2022, and perhaps until 2032. What are the implications for democracy, racial equity, and the progressive movement? Robert educates us on Governor Evers’ newly unveiled clean energy plan, the first serious move on climate in Wisconsin…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 18, 2022 Contact: Robert Kraig, (414) 322-5324, robert.kraig@citizenactionwi.org $19.7 Billion, or 50%, Pandemic Wealth Gain of Wisconsin’s 8 Billionaires May Well Go Untaxed, Making Case for President Biden’s Proposed Billionaires Income Tax Passage of Billionaires Income Tax Could Deliver up to $934 Million a Year to Wisconsin if Distributed Like Current Federal Grants STATEWIDE – Wisconsin’s…
