Working Americans don’t want handouts, they just want a system that isn’t rigged for and by those at the very top. They want health care they can afford when they need it.
That’s how Dave Bordewyk, executive director of the South Dakota NewsMedia Association, described the abrupt closure of four newspapers in the state last month.
On Aug. 7, News Media Corporation, which published 25 newspaper titles in Arizona, Illinois, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming, announced it was immediately shutting down all of its operations.
As homelessness grows across Wisconsin, social service agencies are feeling a crunch. The federal government is slashing funding for tackling the problem, and state lawmakers aren’t helping much either.