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Help For Struggling Millionaires Is On the Way
It isn’t easy being a millionaire these days, especially if you’ve got less than $20 million. Fortunately, Congress is watching out for you. Yes, the Republican tax cut bonanza targets lower end millionaires for special relief. Now those struggling to scrape by with...
When Companies Deny Climate Science, Their Workers Pay
After decades spreading misinformation about greenhouse gas emissions’ role as a driver of climate change, the deceptive tactics of the fossil fuel industry are slowly beginning to backfire. In December, for instance, General Electric announced major cuts to its...
A New Year’s Resolution: Time to Speak Up
As we go into a new year, I have a resolution. I'm going to speak up more when men do things that make me uneasy. Take the other day, for example. I really like my neighbor. I also have no interest in dating him. It's nothing against him, really. But I don't know him...
America’s Farmworkers Face Poverty, Neglect, and Now Deportation
Every decade or so, America’s mass media are surprised to discover that migrant farmworkers are being miserably paid and despicably treated by the industry that profits from their labor. Stories run, the public is outraged, assorted officials pledge action, then…...
Hurricane #MeToo
In OtherWords: December 27, 2017
Are you struggling to get by on a mere $15 or $20 million? If so, my colleague Chuck Collins has good news for you: Congress is looking out for you and your heirs. Meanwhile, Jill Richardson shares a New Year's resolution: to tell men directly when they're acting...
In OtherWords: December 20, 2017
This week we bring you holiday tidings, warm and grim alike. On the grim end, there's that tax bill that looks likely to pass this week. We've written about that extensively (see a bunch of our pieces here), so we'll give the last word now to cartoonist Khalil Bendib....
When’s the Last Time I’ll Go Home for Christmas?
The time has come again for making spirits bright. Whether we’re singing Merry Christmas or Feliz Navidad, the familiar cheer confirms the holiday season has arrived. Yet amid the illumination and ornamented evergreens, an unsettling anticipation looms. It is the...
Remembering Joseph and Mary on the U.S.-Mexico Border
This weekend in San Diego and Tijuana, I gathered with hundreds at Friendship Park, which spans both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. We came together for the 24th annual Posada Without Borders, to remember those who lost their lives crossing the border, and to call...
Tips Should Go to Workers, Not Their Bosses
Thea Bryan is a single mother putting herself through graduate school. She spends her days at an unpaid internship for her social work program. At nights, she bartends for tips. Sometimes, the pay is lucrative. But around October, her work — and money — started to...
