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Law, Order, and the Dreamers
Put yourself in the shoes of a typical “Dreamer” — one of the hundreds of thousands of undocumented youth brought here as small children. When you were six years old, your mother crossed the Mexican border and carried you into the United States. Although you’ve been...
There Are No S—hole Countries
We recently learned that Donald Trump referred to African nations and Haiti using a derogatory and profane term. (Accounts differ, but all seem to agree it ended with “hole.”) Writing off an enormous percentage of the world’s landmass and population as inferior isn’t...
This CEO Wants a Key to Your House
Would you give your house key to a complete stranger, letting that person (whose name you don't even know) walk right into your home when you're not there? One stranger who's brazenly asking you and millions of other people to do just that is Jeff Bezos. He's the head...
Were You Born in a S—hole Country?
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In OtherWords: January 10, 2018
Oprah for president? Some fans of the media mogul's Golden Globes speech, which lifted up generations of women that have resisted racism and sexual assault, are already calling for a 2020 bid. Maybe they're missing the point, Razan Azzarkani argues this week in...
Hollywood Won’t Destroy Sexism, But We Can
This month's Golden Globes were the first awards ceremony held since #MeToo went viral. To commemorate it, celebrities brought social justice activists along as their plus-ones, and many more wore black to show support with the Time's Up movement, a new Hollywood...
Move Along, Baby Boomers
Historians won't look fondly on 2017. The news cycle was dominated by sexual assault, widespread anxiety, the unedited musings of a mentally unstable president, rising economic inequality, and an opioid epidemic. And in case you forgot, the planet is still on track to...
Rethinking the ‘Goldwater Rule’
Maybe it's time America's psychiatrists reconsider their Goldwater Rule. The Goldwater Rule simply states that psychiatrists shouldn't diagnose the mental health of a public figure unless they've personally examined the person. Naturally, if any public figures have...
The Rise and Fall of America’s Middle Class
Ever since 1776, the "common yeoman" — America's middle class — has been hailed as the virtuous heart and backbone of our nation. How ironic, since it took 150 years before we actually created a broad middle class. Before the 1930s, most Americans were poor, or near...
Putting the Heat on What Takes the Edge Off
