| Aug 2, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedIf our economy is as fair as some like to say, why is it so unequal? And what’s that mean for those who get the short end of it? This week in OtherWords, Josh Hoxie looks at the myth of “fairness” and at new research showing how it actually harms one...
| Jul 26, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedThere’s more health care drama in Congress this week, which we’ve written loads about lately: See a partial list here for anything you might’ve missed. An interesting question is why Congress is in such a rush to get the Affordable Care Act, aka...
| Jul 19, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedThanks to unified Democratic opposition and a few defections from key Republican senators, the congressional effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act is over for now. But, Geoff Coventry writes this week, the GOP has “shown their cards.” In...
| Jul 12, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week the RussiaGate scandal, which had actually simmered down for a time, got a huge boost when reporters discovered emails about a meeting between a certain Donald Trump, Jr. and someone connected to the Russian government promising dirt on Hillary Clinton. It...
| | Rights / DemocracyI’ve always been a little skeptical that there’d be a smoking gun about the Trump campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia. The latest news about Donald Trump, Jr., however, is tantalizingly close. The short version of the story, revealed by emails the New York Times...