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The Best Education Our Money Can Buy
Most of us know folks who owe everything they have in life to education. That explains, I suspect, why we nod in agreement whenever we hear somebody describe education as the ultimate antidote to inequality. Education certainly can serve as a brake on our widening...
Nobody Needs a Lecture on Morality from Paul Ryan
For nearly half a century now, America's middle-class working families have been pummeled by corporate greedmeisters and their political henchmen. Indeed, during the recession, the typical median-income family has lost 40 percent of their wealth. Haven't they been...
A Climate of Fear
In OtherWords: February 22, 2017
In the last week, critics of the Trump administration's appointees finally got a few scalps. First there was Michael Flynn, the national security adviser who was caught lying about his conversations with the Russian ambassador. OtherWords cartoonist Khalil Bendib...
The Hunt for Black Family History
Simple genealogy searches don’t work for people whose ancestors were treated like property. But some new tools could help.
Cities Can Fight Federal Crackdowns
Shortly after Donald Trump's order to ban thousands of documented, vetted immigrants and refugees from our shores, crowds rushed to airports all over the country to protect those who'd just arrived. Soon after, crowds in Phoenix and other cities surrounded federal...
Wall Street Hopes You’ve Forgotten the Crash Already
Remember October 2008 — the bank bailouts, the spiking unemployment rate, the stock market free fall? Maybe you lost a job, got a pay cut, or saw your retirement savings or home value evaporate. Maybe you even lost your home altogether, or saw your small business...
Trump Proved He Doesn’t Think Much of Working People
On February 15, Donald Trump’s first nominee to be secretary of labor, Andrew Puzder, withdrew his name from contention when it became clear that the Senate would vote him down. The next day, Trump selected Alexander Acosta, a new nominee who looks to fare better. Of...
Regulations Can Favor Some Businesses — And That’s Fine
As the Trump regime's anti-environment onslaught begins, there are several terms used by men (and in the case of Trump's cabinet, it's nearly all men) attempting to turn us against protecting the air we breathe and water we drink. Polluting industries become "job...
Wall Street Sodbusters
I love the names: Bobcat Farm, Golden Eagle Ranch, Long Prairie, Ten Mile Farm. They conjure up Americana, the old homestead, and our rich rural culture. Less bucolic, however, is the fact that all those farms are part of a massive Wall Street investment scheme called...
