In OtherWords: May 18, 2016

In OtherWords: May 18, 2016

The month of May marks college graduation season. This year, graduates are entering the job market with an average $37,000 worth of debt — the most of any class ever. This week in OtherWords, Chuck Collins looks at one reason college costs have risen so high: States...
A Coalition of the Unhinged

A Coalition of the Unhinged

It’s no secret that Donald Trump, the GOP’s all but official new standard-bearer, is a promoter of wild conspiracy theories and harmful lies — from his smear of Mexican immigrants as rapists and drug dealers to his offensive questioning of President Obama’s place of...
‘Bathroom Bills’ Don’t Help Women at All

‘Bathroom Bills’ Don’t Help Women at All

The time has come for me to play my Woman Card. A male Republican politician in my state of Wisconsin has introduced a “bathroom bill” like the one passed in North Carolina, which requires transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender they were...