What Life on the Margins Feels Like

What Life on the Margins Feels Like

My campus, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is in an uproar over a video to promote the school’s homecoming that features no students of color.  We are one of the whitest schools in the country, but we are not unique in having a race problem. In that regard,...
In OtherWords: October 2, 2019

In OtherWords: October 2, 2019

As new revelations of potential abuse come forward in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, Jill Richardson wonders: Why does Trump keep doing this stuff? Possibly, she worries, because it often works.wall Meanwhile, we look at some longer-term threats to...
In OtherWords: October 2, 2019

Why Does Trump Keep Doing This?

Does Trump understand democracy? I’m really asking. His approach to politics is combative — kill-or-be-killed. If you hit him, he will hit you back harder, no matter what the rules of the game are. That might be a great strategy in a WWE ring. It’s less...