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May 2018: Opioid Crisis
  • Opioid Overdose Crisis (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
  • HSS.GOV Opioids (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)
  • America's Opioid Epidemic (CBS News)
  • Short Answers to Hard Questions About the Opioid Crisis (New York Times)
  • Opioid Crisis Fast Facts (CNN)
  • Opioid Crisis is Just Getting Worse (The Hill)
  • Opioids (Wisconsin Dept. of Heath Services)
  • ER Visits for Opioid Overdoses Soar in Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal)
  • Fact Sheet: Fighting the Opioid Crisis in Wisconsin (Office of the Governor)
  • Series: The Opioid Epidemic in Wisconsin (WisCONTEXT)
  • The Cost of Wisconsin's Opioid Crisis (Badger Institute)
  • Our View: Educate Yourself on Dangers of Heroin/Opioids Epidemic (Green Bay Press Gazette)

    • April 2018: Trade and Tariffs

  • Trump's Tariffs Against China are Sparking Fears of a Trade War. Here's Why You Should Care (Fortune)
  • The Basics of Tariffs and Trade Barriers (Investopedia)
  • International Trade (World Trade Organization)
  • Trade and Tariff Data (Our World in Data)
  • Your Trade War Questions, Answered (Marketplace)
  • Tariff Databases (U.S. International Trade Commission)
  • U.S. Manufacturers Worry Tariffs Could Undermine Recovery (Wall Street Journal)
  • Wisconsin Cranberries on European Union Target List for Retaliation Tariffs (Journal Sentinel)
  • Wisconsin has Much to Lose if a True 'Trade War' Breaks Out (Wisconsin State Journal)
  • Wisconsin Ginseng Growers Worry About New Chinese Tariffs (Wausau Daily Herald)
  • Wisconsin Businesses Skeptical of Trump Administration's Tariffs Against China (Business North)
  • Why Are US Cranberries Repeatedly Threatened With Tariffs? (CNN Money)

    • March 2018: Gun Debate

  • The Gun Debate (FactCheck.org)
  • Will Parkland Change the Gun Debate (Rolling Stone)
  • One mass shooting every day: Seven facts about gun violence in America (The Telegraph)
  • The Rules of the Gun Debate (The Atlantic)
  • Ten Lies Distort The Gun Control Debate (Forbes)
  • In wake of Las Vegas mass shooting, reviewing fact checks on guns and gun control (Politifact Wisconsin)
  • Walters: School safety bill renews gun debate (GaxetteXtra)
  • Wisconsinites favor gun background checks, according to Marquette law school poll (Journal Sentinel)
  • Scott Walker's Record on Guns (OneWisconsin Now)
  • Pocan Says Tone Has Changed in Federal Gun Debate (WPR)
  • Gun Control (Just Facts)
  • Gun Laws - Legal Fact Check (American Bar Association)

    • February 2018: Mass shootings

  • Mass shootings in the US: there have been 1,624 in 1,870 days (The Guardian)
  • What we know about mass shootings (PolitiFact)
  • One mass shooting every day: Seven facts about gun violence in America (The Telegraph)
  • Deadliest Mass Shootings in Modern US History Fast Facts (CNN)
  • The terrible numbers that grow with each mass shooting (The Washington Post)
  • US Mass Shootings, 1982-2018: Data From Mother Jones' Investigation (Mother Jones)
  • What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings? International Comparisons Suggest an Answer (The New York Times)
  • After Sandy Hook we said never again. And then we let 1,507 mass shootings happen (Vox)
  • Gun Violence Archive
  • After a series of deadly mass shootings, should Wisconsin rethink concealed-carry? (InBusiness)
  • Wisconsin Senate candidate blamed school shootings on 'the self-esteem movement.' (Think Progress)
  • Mass shootings aren't more frequent - but they are deadlier (Wisconsin Gazette)