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White Folks Need to Stop Assuming We Know Everything About Race
As white people across the nation criticize Colin Kaepernick and other NFL players who "take a knee" for the national anthem, they ought to know something first. White people in America have no idea what life is like for black people in America. How can I make such a...
Our Health Care System Is a Corporate Care System
Rather than a health care system, our country's leaders have kept us shackled to a "corporate care" system. This allows insurance giants, drug company gougers, hospital chains, and other profiteers to ration our care based on whether a family can pay whatever...
First, Do Harm
In OtherWords: September 27, 2017
The GOP effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act looks to be, once again, stalled for now. That's no doubt a relief to the millions of Americans the Congressional Budget Office estimated would've lost their care if the Graham-Cassidy bill had passed. ("First, do...
In OtherWords: September 20, 2017
Well, in episode 4,000 or so of a long-running saga, the GOP is reviving its effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with something far more draconian. (In fact, I had to check our past issues to make sure we hadn't run this exact newsletter already.)...
Trump’s Tax Plan: A Billion or Three for Guys Like Him
What’s the largest personal stake a U.S. president has ever had in legislation he signed into law? Whatever it was, it'll be dwarfed by what Donald Trump’s signature will be worth — to himself — if Congress passes his proposed tax plan and puts it on his desk. If that...
Can Anti-Racist Businesses Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is?
Donald Trump's failure to condemn white supremacists after the violent neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville several weeks back had an unexpected casualty: the president's business advisory councils. My partner works for a Fortune 500 company whose CEO sat on one those...
The Dark Side of Hosting the Olympics
This summer, Los Angeles officials reached a deal with the International Olympic Committee to host the 2028 Olympic Summer Games. For its trouble, the city hopes to generate hundreds of millions in savings and additional revenues. However, over the past few decades,...
Finding a Common Language on Climate
If you don't already agree with me on something, odds are I can't convince you I'm right. There's plenty of science showing that the global climate crisis is already affecting us, that vaccines don't cause autism, and that humans evolved from a common ancestor with...
If You Don’t Have Good Health Care, Neither Should Your Rep
Want good quality, lower-cost health care for your family. And — what the heck, let's think big here — for every man, woman, and child in our society? Here's how we can finally get Congress to pass such a program. Step One: Take away every dime of the...
