| Jun 27, 2018 | RoundupThis week, the Supreme Court ripped apart unions, held up the Muslim ban, and endorsed deeply gerrymandered congressional districts. These are all deeply undemocratic rulings, upheld by a deeply undemocratic system, I argue this week — and it’s about to get...
| Jun 20, 2018 | RoundupOutrage over the Trump administration’s family separation policy has reached a fever pitch, leading to early reports that Trump himself may soon sign an order agreeing to end it — which would be a major victory for movements that have mobilized to stop the...
| Jun 6, 2018 | RoundupThe last few weeks have brought a devastating slew of headlines on an increasingly cruel immigration enforcement practice: forcibly separating migrant children from their parents. As a parent myself, the image of kids crying out for their parents while being hauled...
| May 30, 2018 | RoundupThis week, Starbucks closed thousands of stores for a day of racial bias training. The gesture follows an incident from earlier this spring, when Starbucks employees in Philadelphia called the police on two black patrons who were simply waiting on a colleague to join...
| May 23, 2018 | RoundupThis week in OtherWords, we’ve got a suite of veterans-themed pieces in time for Memorial Day weekend. Iraq war vet Kevin Basl pushes back against the idea that it’s disrespectful to veterans to question U.S. wars. That’s what politicians want you to...
