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/kim-potter-sentenced-2022-s450.pngProsecutors had asked the judge to give Potter 86 months, a little more than seven years.

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.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/mdsn-protest-singers-s5.jpgThe pro-life, pro-choice issue is a political football that both major party's use to whip up their base. What if we stopped taking the bait, and focused instead on solving this incredibly sensitive issue that the ruling elite clearly do not want to see resolved?