| Sep 14, 2016 | Roundup|UncategorizedFollowing protests led by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, a federal order overruled a district judge’s order, halting construction of the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline. The pipeline threatened to endanger both the tribe’s sacred burial grounds and water...
| Sep 7, 2016 | Roundup|UncategorizedIt’s been more than 130 years since the first Labor Day was celebrated to honor the achievements of American workers. But not everyone got to enjoy a long weekend. In fact, it’s low-wage workers who are the least likely to get paid time off. Martha Burk...
| Aug 31, 2016 | Roundup|UncategorizedDespite France’s highest administrative court ruling that mayors don’t have a right to ban the burkini, French mayors continue to crack down on the swimsuits designed for Muslim women. “If you don’t want to live the way we do,” one mayor...
| Aug 24, 2016 | Roundup|UncategorizedIt’s that time of year again when parents are scrambling for last-minute deals on that long list of school supplies. But it’s our schools that may not be prepared for the incoming of kids in the fall. This week, Scott Klinger says that public schools...
| Aug 10, 2016 | Roundup|UncategorizedHere at OtherWords we’ve been running a series of pieces on racism in America’s criminal justice system. But racial inequity in our country goes far deeper than the legal system — it’s encoded into the economics of virtually every American household....
