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The Prejudicial System
Fomenting the Fear of Foreigners
Gosh, has it been two whole years since Republican leaders vowed to reach out to Latino voters with "a more welcoming, inclusive message" and "positive solutions on immigration"? My how time flies when you're having elections. The GOP's "outreach" was on full display...
In OtherWords: November 25, 2014
This week in OtherWords, Diana Torres explains why she thinks President Obama's immigration action falls short and Peter Hart predicts that Democrats will win more elections if they ignore calls to act more like Republicans. On behalf of the OtherWords team and all of...
Obama’s Immigration Action Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Inocencio Vernal has picked broccoli, sweet potatoes, corn, and celery in U.S. farms for more than 25 years. This holiday season, you might end up feasting on the fruits of his labor. Yet Vernal, like 53 percent of farmworkers, is undocumented. This means that he...
Big Media’s Crummy Advice for Democrats
Before anyone even knew just how badly the Democrats would get trounced in the 2014 midterm elections, some pundits were already sending the party a message: Be more like the Republicans. Now they don't put it that way, exactly. The professional campaign watchers like...
Obama: Don’t Sell Out America’s Women
President Barack Obama has insisted up and down that he's willing to work with the Republicans who are taking over the Senate. He proved it during his recent visit to Beijing, where he urged world leaders to come to agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) — a...
Show Up on Thanksgiving or Get Fired
Most Americans — from the Obama family in the White House to my little family in Texas — will get a much-deserved break from work on Thanksgiving Day. But millions of others won't. Understandably, firefighters, police, and hospital workers will stay on the job. After...
The Fracking Rush Hits a Pothole
Ever heard of Bryan Sheffield? The baby-faced tycoon enjoyed a brief blast of fame a few months ago when he became one of those rare non-tech billionaires under 40. What ignited his rise to the ranks of Americans with money to burn? He owns a company called Parsley...
Does This Definition Make Me Look Rich?
How much income do America’s households take in? How much do they have left after taxes? Do federal taxes leave the nation less or more unequal? Questions don’t get much more basic than these. Or more complicated. How, for instance, do we define income? Anything...
Why You Should Meet Your Meat
A beloved organic farm in San Diego recently canceled a gourmet dinner it had planned to host. Guests had already paid $150 for a local, organic five-course meal prepared by several top chefs from the region. The dinner was called Death for Food. Whose death for whose...
