Blog - OtherWords

All Families Suffer Tragedies. All Deserve Paid Leave.

Most workers don’t get dedicated paid family leave. Take it from me: That’s terrible for families and needs to change.

When I worked with people experiencing homelessness, I kept hearing about the obstacles to help. Then I experienced them myself.

Doesn’t sound very Christlike, does it?

My family is still financially recovering from the birth of my daughter 14 years ago. Child care and paid leave should be election issues.

When pregnancies go wrong, more men are seeing their partners suffer the horrors of delaying or forgoing care. And they’re speaking out.

The U.S. sends Israel more weapons as reports of atrocities in Gaza (and now Lebanon) pile up.

Gerrymandering and the filibuster are holding back wage increases, the right to unionize, and other benefits for workers.

America’s agriculture policies were written by corporate lobbyists who couldn’t run a watermelon stand.

GOP officials continue to falsely accuse, harass, intimidate, and even prosecute voters of color. This is quintessential voter intimidation.

Let the voter suppression Olympics begin.