| Dec 14, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyWhen President-elect Donald Trump talked about “draining the swamp,” it evoked the way Bernie Sanders talks about how the system is rigged. Many Americans believe — with good reason — that powerful corporate lobbyists, elites, and other moneyed interests...
| | Economy / BusinessActor Jack Nicholson says he finally understood the meaning of the word irony when his mother called him an SOB. So let us consider Donald Trump, who campaigned as the populist champion of the working-class, promising that — by golly — he was going to take on Wall...
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| Dec 7, 2016 | Roundup|UncategorizedDear _____, Another week, another round of headlines from Trump’s transition picks. This week in OtherWords, my colleague Josh Hoxie examines some of the next administration’s key economic advisers and finds something startling: They’re exactly the...
| Nov 23, 2016 | Roundup|UncategorizedIt’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...
