In OtherWords: November 23, 2016

In OtherWords: November 23, 2016

It’s been a tumultuous week of news, as details of Donald Trump’s transition team and agenda trickle out. A key item on the chopping block is the Affordable Care Act. Among many other things, its repeal could leave millions of women without access to...
In OtherWords: November 16, 2016

In OtherWords: November 16, 2016

This week in OtherWords, we’re still processing the election results and what they mean for the years to come. A few of our writers even managed to find some silver linings. Jim Hightower, for example, notes that many progressive candidates and issues — like...
In OtherWords: November 16, 2016

This Doesn’t Sound Like Our Voice

We’re already starting to see how America’s gamble on Donald Trump will pay off: with gifts to the corporations and billionaires he swore he’d put us above. One of Trump’s first priorities is to repeal one of the only federal laws standing between us and...
In OtherWords: November 9, 2016

In OtherWords: November 9, 2016

Donald Trump shocked the world this week with his stunning victory over Hillary Clinton. While Trump’s polling was competitive with the former secretary of state’s from the beginning, few imagined that his coalition was broad enough to triumph on Election...
America’s Dark Underbelly Is Now Its Face

America’s Dark Underbelly Is Now Its Face

An election that might have marked the ascension of America’s first woman president has instead proven historic for an altogether different reason. Namely, that Americans voted for the unabashedly anti-democratic alternative offered by her rival. And they did it...