| Dec 9, 2019 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|Rights / DemocracyYou may have heard about the Trump administration’s latest attack on very poor Americans: a punitive new restriction that will cut SNAP benefits for 688,000 people. SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, is our country’s most popular and effective nutrition assistance...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP SubfeaturedFor many years, Giovanna De La Rosa enjoyed working at Toys ‘R’ Us — especially during the holiday shopping season. “I loved bringing joy to families and to children,” she shared at a recent congressional hearing. “I watched so many of the local kids grow up over the...
| Dec 4, 2019 | RoundupAs Senator Kamala Harris bows out of the presidential race and the House impeachment inquiry moves into its next phase, some dynamics of the 2020 race are slowly coming into focus. Yet this week in OtherWords, I focus on a little-noted slice of the electorate that...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyLike nearly all Americans of a certain age, I was told in school that tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana are gateway drugs — and that is why marijuana should remain illegal. First of all, even if you accept that these three substances are “gateways” to something worse,...
| Nov 27, 2019 | RoundupSince a lot of folks are out for the week of Thanksgiving, we thought we’d do something a little different this week and revisit some evergreen favorites from earlier in the year. This bundle includes Chuck Collins’ clever take on the GOP’s long...
