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		<title>Wisconsin faces permanent one party rule of legislature</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calvin Dexter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One political party has taken firm control of the Wisconsin legislature, and it appears that control may be made permanent by the state’s supreme court. If we value the representative democracy established by our state and federal constitutions, we need to demand an end to partisan gerrymandering. It is becoming clear that the courts are [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Reflecting on the importance of voting rights on this MLK Day</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a national day of service. I would just like to say that every Election Day should be a day of service as well because the easiest way you can serve your country, state and municipality is to vote. I used to say that voting is the least you can [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2021 05:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Police reform is complicated. There are many structural, legal, cultural, and political problems with our dysfunctional criminal justice and law enforcement systems. Comprehensive reform will require time and good faith effort by many people. But there is one change that can be implemented easily: police need to stop shooting people! One indisputable fact is clear; [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Retiring the Corporate America flag</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 06:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Throughout the past few years, so much of what I believed has been turned onto its head. Most notably, my view that corporate influence on government is the greatest threat to democracy. During the previous administration, the nation saw corporations take the lead while the federal government was missing in action on a number of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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