Thursday music: Eliza Gilkyson-Man of God

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WHY LATINOS NEED TO REGISTER AND VOTE

There has been some press lately about Governor Walker’s attempts to reach out to Hispanic voters…and the significance of the first Republican Latina being elected to the state legislature…all despite the fact the Republican sponsored Voter ID bills will disenfranchise Latino voters as well as African Americans and other minorities….

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Update: Bill Williams is a wanted man!

It would appear that Gogebic Taconite president Bill Williams is indeed wanted in Spain on criminal charges related to his oversight/operation of a copper mine near Seville.  Iron County resident and former district attorney Tony Stella has the details. Why isn’t Media Trackers on this story? When Katie Kloth was arrested for accosting a GTAC employee…

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Pope Francis: unfettered capitalism is “a new tyranny”

In 84-page apostolic exhortation, Pope Francis described unfettered capitalism as “a new tyranny” while attacking the “idolatry of money” and beseeching politicians to guarantee all citizens “dignified work, education and healthcare”. A meditation on how to revitalise a church suffering from encroaching secularisation in western countries, the exhortation echoed the…

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Mary Burke answers questions about why she decided to run for governor

In a really well-written piece in the Isthmus, Judith Davidoff notes the lengths Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke is going to to respond to skeptics who believe her run for governor has been completely orchestrated by Wisconsin’s Democratic Party establishment. Then Biensdell got down to business. There are grassroots activists…

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