This week in OtherWords, Raul A. Reyes sizes up Marco Rubio’s presidential bid and Donald Kaul weighs in on Justice Antonin Scalia’s legacy.
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Scalia’s Big Shoes, an OtherWords cartoon by Khalil Bendib
- What’s at Stake with the Supreme Court / Marge Baker
Will Republicans let partisan rancor and petty politics damage it? - See Marco Run / Raul A. Reyes
If the young senator from Florida is their savior, Republicans should be very worried. - I Am Kalief Browder / Branden Miles
Every young black kid gets “the talk” about racial profiling. - The Passion of Scalia / Donald Kaul
Had the late justice not violated his own philosophy, George W. Bush might not have occupied the White House and brought on the Iraq War. - Scalia’s Ghost Can’t Save Oil, Gas, and Coal / Emily Schwartz Greco
The Clean Power Plan probably got a reprieve when the arch-conservative jurist died. - The [Redacted] Truth about the CIA / John Kiriakou
America’s most notorious spy agency even deceives its own employees. - No Candidate is Perfect / Jill Richardson
Can we behave like rational, logical grownups as we select the next leader of our country? - The Billionaire Bankrolling the Latest Trade Deal Push / Jim Hightower
A corporate-backed study says the latest Washington trade scam will raise incomes — but for whom? - Scalia’s Big Shoes / Khalil Bendib cartoon
