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If You’re Against Immigrants, You’re Against My Grandma
One day in a Latvian town more than 100 years ago, when my grandmother wasn't much more than a girl, she heard that the czar’s “recruiters” were coming to conscript men into the Russian army for 20-year terms. Two days before they came, a handsome young man she'd...
Why This Price Is Wrong
For most people, prescription drugs are a lifeline. For Representative Tom Price, Donald Trump's health secretary nominee, they're a source of profits. Indeed, hundreds of thousands of dollars in drug and health corporation investments line the pockets of the Georgia...
The Real Danger of Trump’s Alleged ‘Pee Party’
The week leading up to the presidential inauguration brought streams, if not floods, of pee jokes. You might even say it was the number one opportunity for scatological humor since the poop cruise of 2013. My heart goes out to parents who have to find an appropriate...
Just Another Swindle
Good news, folks — our new president says he's planning a "tax holiday" for you. Well, not directly for you. Trump's trillion-dollar whopper of a tax break will only go to such multinational corporations as Apple, GE, Johnson & Johnson, and Microsoft. However,...
Don’t Judge Sessions By His Cover
In OtherWords: January 11, 2017
In our first OtherWords package of 2017, Sarah Anderson celebrates some good news: Here in Washington, even while national leaders dug in their heels against paid sick time for families, local small business owners helped bring paid leave to the nation's capital. Also...
King’s Dream Still Isn’t Reality
Not long ago, I saw a comment on an online article about the rise in protests for black civil rights. "We gave you a president," wrote the commenter. "We gave you your damn Oscar. What more do you want?" Never mind the White House. What many black people still long...
Great News for People Who Get Sick
Getting time off when you’re sick, or need to care for a new child or ailing parent, shouldn’t be a luxury enjoyed only by those who are financially well off. Yet low-wage workers in the United States — the workers who need paid leave the most — typically have this...
A War on Regulations
The incoming Republican government is waging a war against regulations. "For every one new regulation, two old regulations must be eliminated," Donald Trump promised after the November vote. Since then, Republicans in Congress have voted to give themselves broader...
Would Donald Tax a Fellow Trump?
Bring those jobs back home, Donald Trump bellowed to those greedy corporate executives who've shipped middle-class jobs out of country, or I'll slap you with a big tariff when you try to sell your foreign-made products here. Great stuff, Donnie — and to prove you mean...
