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This Week in OtherWords: July 2, 2014
This week in OtherWords, Raul A. Reyes explains why the Republican Party has earned a red card with its immigration inaction and Jill Richardson weighs in on the links between imported shrimp and modern-day slavery. Do you want to make sure you don’t miss the latest...
Earning an Immigration Red Card
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) recently used a World Cup analogy to castigate his Republican colleagues for blocking immigration reform. "Leave the field, too many flagrant offenses and unfair attacks. You're out," Gutierrez said. "Hit the showers. It's the red card." (In...
A Fracking Fortune Gets Political
Televangelist James Robison recently declared that he's praying for a merger of the tea party and the religious right. Is he kidding? That merger is well underway. And it's getting a hefty push from a couple of billionaire brothers. No, not Charles and David Koch....
What is this Country about Anymore?
Meet Mark. He's a 58 year old, college-educated veteran who lives in Oregon. He was laid off last September and has been unable to find work since. Mark's state unemployment benefits ran out in May. Since funding for the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation...
Defending Free Tuition in the Big Apple
In May, students and professors at Cooper Union — an art, architecture, and engineering college in New York City — filed a lawsuit against the school's Board of Trustees. Known as the Committee to Save Cooper Union, the group is pursuing legal action after the Board...
The High Cost of Cheap Shrimp
The Guardian recently revealed shocking results from a six-month investigation of the Thai fishing industry: Much of the shrimp sold in American and British supermarkets were produced with slave labor. While shrimp sold to U.S. consumers hail from a number of...
New Iraq Offensive Backfires
Republican opportunists hoping to score political points are hammering President Barack Obama with vitriolic criticism and blaming him for the latest upheaval in Iraq. So I was pleased when, finally, two Republicans spoke out loudly to deflect those partisan attacks....
Risky Business in Ukraine
Thanks to Iraq's latest woes, it's getting pretty hard to pay attention to all that unrest in the former Soviet Union. Remember those poor Ukrainians? All they want is to be independent and left alone. Or at least that's what they claim. In truth, many also want...
Let Them Eat Debt
