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Engagement With North Korea Works
Tensions between the U.S. and North Korea are at an all-time high — and continue to escalate following North Korea's test of a missile that can supposedly reach Alaska. It's still possible to turn down the heat with small steps that could lead to more robust diplomacy...
The Torture-Friendly Trump Administration
It should come as no surprise to anyone that Donald Trump is pro-torture. He said on the campaign trail he'd approve waterboarding "in a heartbeat," plus "a hell of a lot worse." He added: "Only a stupid person would say it doesn’t work." There are certainly a lot of...
What I Learned at Pride
Like many cities, San Diego holds its Pride Parade every summer. As a straight woman who hates traffic and crowds, I'd never gone before. This summer I decided to go. It wasn't until I began telling friends about my plans to go that I heard the varying misconceptions...
Don’t Trust Business with Education
Betsy DeVos and her husband Dick are lucky: They inherited a big chunk of the multi-billion-dollar fortune that Dick's dad Richard amassed through his shady Amway corporation. But what they've done with their Amway money is certainly not the American Way. The DeVos...
What You See Is What You Get
In OtherWords: July 12, 2017
This 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...
Trump’s Worst Collusion Isn’t With Russia — It’s With Corporations
I’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...
Worried Sick About Prescription Costs
Ask about health care at a summer cookout, and you’ll likely get an earful about how drug corporations are gouging us, leaving many families to choose between buying medications or putting food on the table. Why? Because corporations put profits before patients. Look...
Fed Up with Washington, DC? Look to Washington State.
Forward thinking in Washington these days is limited to federal law-makers scheming new and innovative ways to bolster the fortunes of the ultra-wealthy at the expense of just about everyone else. That is, in Washington, DC. On the other side of the country in...
Is This How the World Sees America Now?
Donald Trump recently returned from meeting with the other powerful countries of the G20 group — one of his first big performances on the world stage. So how did it go? Not swell, according to a no-holds-barred account delivered by Chris Uhlmann, an Australian...
