The Poor as Collateral Damage

The Poor as Collateral Damage

Not much food And job’s no prize; But GDP Is on the rise. One of the major thorns in the side of capitalism is the persistence of the poor. Jesus warned that they would always be with us, and was He ever right. There just seems to be an endless supply of...
The Great White Mancave

The Great White Mancave

For years, researchers have parsed the nation’s top op-ed sections and deemed them to be too male and too white. With this problem so openly acknowledged, you’d think that there’d be some improvement. Well, you’d be wrong. The media reform...
The Lineup: Week of April 9-15, 2012

The Lineup: Week of April 9-15, 2012

In this week’s OtherWords editorial package, Donald Kaul’s column and four op-eds — including one by Matias Ramos regarding the taxation of immigrants without representation — focus on Tax Day. There’s also a related cartoon by Khalil...
Taxation without Representation

Taxation without Representation

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free. I’ll give them some taxation without representation. With apologies to Emma Lazarus, that’s the situation faced by many of the more than 10 million undocumented immigrants who live in...