If you have awakened from a comfortable sleep wondering how we as a nation got here, it is clearly time for deeper reflection.
As a mother and grandmother of black children, I fear the world may not see them as I do.
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The word relevant is defined as “the quality or state of being closely connected or appropriate.”
If a video recording is made of an open meeting, it should be made public.
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The state has a moratorium on camping at state parks through June 7, but it may continue beyond that date.
George Floyd surely never wanted to be a martyr. But, perhaps, he can rest in peace if his unjustified and unmerciful death prompts Americans to reflect and march peacefully across the Pettus Bridge of our collective memory to cast our ballots.
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There is anger on the streets in Minneapolis. And Los Angeles. And Columbus and Phoenix and Denver. It is deserved anger fed by the death of George Floyd, yet another unarmed black man killed as police arrested him.
I come here not to condemn Amy Cooper, the white woman who called police and falsely claimed that an African American man named Christian Cooper was attacking her, but rather to praise Christian Cooper, who had done nothing more than ask her to leash her dog. The confrontation happened in Ne…
Janesville native and geography and history teacher Frank Douglas passed away May 27 at the age of 95.
Look at what our Republican-controlled government in Madison has done for us during the last 10 years.
So how bigly has our germaphobe, six-time bankrupt, stable genius botched this deadly epidemic and crashed economy?
I hope that our intentional effort over the last decade will give confidence that all citizens will be treated with respect and fairness by Janesville Police Department officers.
Thumbs up to Janesville police's relationship with minority community, finding a way to display 4-Hers' work, Wisconsin Elections Commission compromising. Thumbs down to school board approving spring coaches pay.
In some ways, this horrible pandemic has brought out the best in humanity.
“I know you’re asking today, how long will it take?”
I would like to compare two different perspectives on the coronavirus pandemic. Those who believe the Bible have a very different perspective than those with an evolutionary worldview. We all have one thing in common though: we all hate death.
Blackhawk Community Credit Union owes its members and the community a much better explanation of what happened to its Legacy Center plans.
Roger Cohen wrote wise words in a recent op-ed, “Do things differently at the other end of this scourge, some mystic voice murmurs, do them more equitably, more ecologically, or you will be smitten again.”
No American, not even the president, has an inherent right to a social media account. Tech companies are free to ban any user they see fit. They’re free to fact-check anyone they want, to create a framework of acceptable speech and to enforce their policies either consistently or capriciousl…
As of May 28, 74.8% of Janesville households had responded to the 2020 U.S. Census. This is fantastic! It’s well above the national average of 60.3%. But we’re not done yet. The other 25% of households still need to fill out their census forms.
Joe Biden believes his political record discounts the racist meaning of his May 22 comments to radio host Charlamagne tha God when he said, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t that black.”
Minneapolis and St. Paul are being tested.
Get ready for a potential third Capitol-paralyzing fight in four years over how to pay for Wisconsin highways—a fight that could determine how soon that worn, washboard roadway you drive on gets fixed.
When the pandemic hit this winter, city people with second homes moved into them. This upset the rhythm of beach, lake and mountain communities that attract a lot of “summer people”—but not until the summer.
If you are a newspaper subscriber or you pick up a copy at a local retailer, you pay for the news and information you receive in your paper’s print edition or digital outlets.
Another day in the United States, another unarmed black man dead following unwarranted, insupportable, outrageous police violence. When will it end?
I have been thinking recently about a father I know and wondering how he explains to his autistic son that they can't go to that ice cream stand, the zoo or to any of the other places they used to visit freely and happily. I thought of father and son again when I saw pictures of people cheer…
RidgeStone Village, a residential care community in Delavan, has been in lockdown mode since march 13. Other than staff, no one may come in or go out, including family members. All the mandates issued by the governor have been strictly followed--small group gatherings, social distancing, etc…
Sense and sensibility! One reads letters to the editor on the Opinion Page and finds both in abundance. How people reason or otherwise arrive at the beliefs they indomitably hold is endlessly fascinating but too often alarming.
Congratulations, Abigale Greenwald. What a wonderful article ("COVID-19 outbreak at Holton Manor doesn't stop Elkhorn students from working," May 17) for a beautiful young lady to have. Some days, like you said, may be bad, but it's people like you that make the impossible happen. Work is es…
Last month, The Baltimore Sun won a Pulitzer Prize for local reporting for uncovering a scheme in which the mayor of Baltimore sold thousands of copies (in some cases, nonexistent copies) of a children’s book she had self-published to the Maryland’s flagship hospital network, which she helpe…
Lake Geneva revealed for the nation this Memorial Day weekend how policies aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus are only as effective as their weakest links.
In this time of crisis, criminal scammers are preying on our emotions.
I graduated from the same class as did Stan Milam and his friend Vince Agius who died in service to his country while stationed in Vietnam. Vince is the only Vietnam casualty buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Janesville. He had shared with Stan that he had finally found the structure he neede…
The government is neutralizing us with slogans like "we're all in this together." It's sugar-coating the lockdown so we comply. I'm not on board with it, but I am on board with citizens who have had enough and take back their rights and reopen businesses, churches, gyms, etc.. They know that…
I am writing in support of DuWayne Severson, 44th Assembly District candidate.
Thumbs up to Beloit's testing efforts, Janesville School District decision not to pay spring coaches. Thumbs down to Memorial Day parties, portraying absentee voting as fraudulent.
