After months of negotiations, Milwaukee has been selected to host the 2020 Democratic National Committee Convention, edging out the other two finalist cities, Miami and Houston. Even though Milwaukee is substantially smaller than Miami and Houston, Wisconsin has long been...
(By Amy Jo Miller) My first experience with Penzeys was when someone gifted me their World’s Greatest Black Pepper. I honestly didn’t think much of it it until my then eight-year-old pointed out: “Mom, we’re so lucky to have the...
A few months ago, a representative from O, The Oprah Magazine, reached out to us because they were interested in possibly including us in their March print edition. To say we were thrilled by this notion is an understatement; every...
At Goods Unite Us, we’re all about making corporate money in politics transparent, so that consumers can vote with their wallets. For example, if you vote Republican and consider yourself to be a conservative, you might want to purchase Sparkle...
In December, the Wisconsin-based department store, Shopko, announced that it will close 39 stores in 19 states. Now according to the Green Bay Press Gazette, the retailer will close an additional 6 stores in Wisconsin by early April 2019. This...
It's been an exciting couple of weeks for the Goods Unite Us team. That's because we closed on a $500K funding round! Here are some of the details from our recent press release: Goods Unite Us is a women-led app and...
It's a question we get fairly often. And it's an important one. Here's a simple analogy to explain why we think corporate money in politics is a bad thing. Comparing Corporations And Politicians Corporations have shareholders. When a corporation wants...
Last Friday, House Democrats revealed details of their first bill in the new Congress — an anti-corruption bill to get corporate money out of politics and expand voter rights. The bill is called House Resolution 1 (HR 1). And Republican John Sarbanes (MD) says...
The short answer is: not very often. At Goods Unite Us, one of our missions is to get corporate money out of politics. And to that end, we’ve created on our website and app what we call our Campaign Finance...
When Nike announced that its 30th anniversary “Just Do It” campaign would feature Colin Kaepernick, the social media response was explosive. Kaepernick is, after all, a politically controversial figure (at least to some). And Nike took a huge (and presumably...
