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Now, Will Obama Break His Climate Silence?

Like most U.S. climate activists, I breathed a sigh of relief as the election returns rolled in.

This Week in OtherWords: After the Superstorm

As the Northeast braces for its next fierce storm with local authorities ordering new evacuations and the airlines canceling hundreds of flights, OtherWords is taking stock of the many ways in which Sandy may prove a teachable moment.

Inequality-Fighting Lawmakers Win Big

by Sarah Anderson

Members of Congress who earned good marks in an Institute for Policy Studies “report card” on inequality fared well on Election Day.

The Nail-Biter that Wasn’t

by Karen Dolan

Turns out voters are smart — they knew just what to do.

How Sandy Reveals the GDP’s Twisted Logic

by John Talberth, Daphne Wysham

As he waded knee-deep in an Atlantic City street, pummeled by Superstorm Sandy’s winds, CNN’s Chief Business Correspondent Ali Velshi declared that it was too early to tell whether Sandy would be a plus or a minus for the U.S. economy.

Hurricane Sandy’s Wakeup Call

by Michael Brune

I’ve been working on solutions to the climate crisis for a long time, but I never really expected that it would hit home for me quite the way it did.

Social Security: It Ain’t Broke

by Elizabeth Rose

Social Security is more popular than sliced bread. And it should be. Our Social Security system is the foundation of our families’ security: We work hard and pay into it with every paycheck so each of us can retire with dignity.