Citizen Action members organize support for a Wisconsin Climate Plan at the Capitol Climate March. Citizen Action of Wisconsin was proud to co-sponsor the Wisconsin Climate March, where nearly 50 Citizen Action members from across the state attended to demand bold action. Citizen Action North Side Rising members who attended talked with hundreds of attendees about the importance of the…
We start with discussion of the new fighting spirit of Congressional Democrats, and the central role the health care cost crisis is playing in the impasse. Are Democrats finally learning how to resist an increasingly authoritarian president? We review the latest MU Law Poll and whether we agree with what veteran political journalist Craig Gilbert calls the Trump paradox, where…
Join Citizen Action Today! Attend Climate March this Sunday, Sept. 28th, Noon, State Capitol. Citizen Action of Wisconsin members are uniting with partners across the state to demand bold action on climate change and a just transition to a clean energy future. Together, we are fighting for the Climate Accountability Act, a comprehensive plan that holds polluters accountable, invests in…
We start with the on-going invasion of many Wisconsin communities by energy and water sucking data centers. While profiting Silicon Valley, Wall Street, and Big Utilities these projects threaten to accelerate runaway climate change and spike already unaffordable utility prices. While state and local economic development boosters, including the Evers Administration, throw public money at data centers without considering the…
Friday, September 19th Join Citizen Action Today! RSVP for the Climate March at the State Capitol with Citizen Action Sunday, September 28th, Noon. Citizen Action of Wisconsin members are uniting with partners across the state to demand bold action on climate change and a just transition to a clean energy future. Together, we are fighting for the Climate Accountability Act,…
Join Citizen Action Today! Citizen Action Northwest Organizing Cooperative opposes Xcel Energy’s outrageous proposed rate hikes and reliance on fossil fuels at Eau Claire PSC hearing. Citizen Action of Wisconsin and Healthy Climate Wisconsin teamed up to oppose Xcel Energy’s attempt to sharply raise electric and gas rates (while boosting shareholder profits) at a Public Service Commission hearing in Eau…
We discuss the murder of Charlie Kirk this week and how despite the shooter still being at large (as of our tapping of the show), many in the MAGA movement rush to make political hay, including Wisconsin’s Derrick Van Orden, with some even calling for retribution against progressives and the news media when the killers motives are still unknown. This…
Join Citizen Action Today! Attend Climate March at the State Capitol with Citizen Action Sunday, August 28th, Noon. Citizen Action of Wisconsin at Labor Day 2025 Events Thanks to every member who attended an event with organized labor. $20/Hour Minimum Wage Campaign Launched at State Capitol this Week This week Citizen Action joined allies in launching a campaign calling on…
We welcome Laura Dresser from the High Road Strategy Center, a think-and-do tank, based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Laura is the lead author of the 2025 State of Working Wisconsin report which presents the Wisconsin workers’ perspective on the economy including, what’s going on with work and jobs, who is winning in this economy, and who is being left…
Join Citizen Action Today! Celebrate Labor Day Weekend 2025 with Organized Labor. Make your plans to attend a Labor Day Weekend 2025 event with organized labor. Madison Laborfest Monday, September 1 Noon to 5:30 p.m. Madison Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park Street Live music, food trucks, kids’ events Milwaukee Laborfest and Parade Monday, September 1, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm….
