| Apr 17, 2024 | RoundupApril is Arab American Heritage Month. Her community has made countless contributions worth celebrating, columnist Farrah Hassen writes this week. But amid the suffering in Gaza, the celebration feels bittersweet at best. One thing she takes heart in, however, is the...
| Apr 10, 2024 | RoundupHave you filed those tax returns yet? This week in OtherWords, Lindsay Koshgarian lays out the dollar by dollar figures for what you — the average taxpayer — spent your money on for the last tax year. On the one hand, she reports, you made some prudent...
| Apr 4, 2024 | RoundupApril is Fair Housing Month. High housing prices are a key driver of dissatisfaction with an economy that’s otherwise pretty strong on paper. But even after years of rising rents, national leaders have been slow to offer solutions. This week in OtherWords,...
| Mar 28, 2024 | RoundupIn their own ways, both major parties are setting up to make immigration a centerpiece of their 2024 campaigns. Republicans have raised hysteria about immigrants and the border, while Democrats — and especially President Biden — have blasted Republicans...
| Mar 21, 2024 | RoundupHappy first week of spring from all of us at OtherWords. We’re taking a brief op-ed pause to dust off some proverbial cobwebs, but we’ve rounded up some of our favorite columns from the last few weeks of winter that we think are worth another look. And...
| Mar 13, 2024 | RoundupPresident Biden devoted a lot of words at his State of the Union last week to fairness. He called for higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations, who saw plummeting rates under the last administration’s tax cuts, and condemned runaway CEO pay. This week, we...
