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This guy was the Milwaukee county sheriff during which time one prisoner died of thirst while in custody and a woman was handcuffed all the way through labor.  

The battle to establish labor unions that would fight for workers’ rights in America goes back to the 1600s. Ben Railton examines some key turning points in the labor movement.

MOUNT HOREB (WKOW) -- Mondays mean Tai Chi classes at the senior center in Mount Horeb. Retirees taking part in the exercises knew its not a stretch to say Congress

Johnson’s number one priority has been to expand tax breaks for wealthy owners of pass-through businesses. Nothing, including Social Security and Medicare, gets in his way.

After the Wisconsin DOJ filed charges against a conservative activist who fraudulently requested officials absentee ballots to prove it could be done, the states top election official defended the online

It would turn Medicare and Social Security into a type of welfare, utterly dependent on Congress’ will.

Alan Simpson isn’t worthy of carrying the other honorees luggage.

Former Sen. Alan Simpson worked to undermine Social Security. Why is he getting a Presidential Medal of Freedom?

Former Sen. Alan Simpson worked to undermine Social Security. Why is he getting a Presidential Medal of Freedom?

In April 1966, with the economy running hot and workers in short supply, California gubernatorial candidate Ronald Reagan did not mince words about the wisdom of providing government money to the unemployed — or about the character of recipients.         “Unemployment insurance,” Reagan is reported to have told a Republican dinner crowd, “is a prepaid vacation for freeloaders.”  Whether Reagan actually meant those words is questionable, but a half-century later they still echo �...