| Jan 30, 2019 | RoundupThis week, the Trump administration has openly fomented a coup against Venezuela’s socialist government. The right often offers Venezuela as a sort of boogeyman for what progressives would do to the United States. This week in OtherWords, I argue that we should...
| | Rights / DemocracyTime for a pop quiz on Trump’s Wall. Question 1: How much will it cost us? Trump & Company says the price tag is $5.7 billion. But — pssssst — that only buys a starter wall of 230 miles, covering barely a tenth of our 2,000-mile Mexican border. The dirty little...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Rights / DemocracyWant an impossible task? Try identifying the most disturbing trend in America today. Consider the choices: Climate change denial, extreme political polarization, gun violence, etc. Those are just the ones on the national radar. Here’s one that isn’t, but needs to be:...
| | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyFor some months now, Venezuela’s socialist government has lurched through a series of escalating crises — hyperinflation, mass protests, political violence — while both the government and its opposition have flirted with authoritarianism. It isn’t pretty — and to hear...
| | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyCommunities like mine are dying. Steve King, the congressman who supposedly represents us in the Fourth District of Iowa, should be fighting for us in Washington. Yet he stays mostly silent about this crisis. Instead, King spouts racist rants about immigrants (whom he...
