| Jun 10, 2014 | Economy / BusinessAt last, our political leaders in Washington are taking action for low-wage workers and the middle class, striking a bold blow for America’s historic value of economic fairness. Gosh, I hope you don’t think I meant Washington, D.C. No, no. The same old...
| Jun 5, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyI was traveling when Dr. Maya Angelou died, away from my poetry community in Washington, D.C. But my Facebook feed was crowded with tributes and powerful remembrances, as writers, survivors, and truth tellers chronicled the impact of Dr. Angelou’s life and words...
| Jun 4, 2014 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week in OtherWords, Mary Anne Hitt applauds the Obama administration’s effort to reduce climate-damaging emissions and Raul A. Reyes urges GOP leaders to stop blocking a bill that would give undocumented immigrants who grew up in the United States a path to...
| | Economy / BusinessLow-income families weren’t the only ones hurt by cuts to food stamps last fall. Top Walmart executives also took a hit. The cutbacks ate into the discount giant’s sales because so many of its low-income customers rely on this public assistance program to...
| | Rights / Democracy“Gentlemen, start your engines.” That message, played repeatedly in a commercial beamed on the Jumbotron at this year’s Indianapolis 500, had nothing to do with racecars. A coalition of faith, business, and law enforcement leaders used the iconic...
