| Nov 13, 2024 | RoundupPundits will debate the meaning of this year’s election for a long time. Why people support the candidates they do can often be a mystery even to those who know the subject best. But when it comes to ballot initiatives, the meaning can be be a good bit clearer....
| Oct 31, 2024 | RoundupHow are you surviving the run-up to this year’s election? In these last few days, it’s all the more important to reflect on the policies that may change — or not — as a result of how Americans cast their votes. This week in OtherWords, we round up some of...
| Oct 23, 2024 | RoundupClimate has barely cracked the list of top issues in this election cycle. But after a slew of climate-driven disasters — including not just hurricanes in Florida but also flooding in desert towns and mountain towns alike — A.J. Schumann writes this week that voters...
| Oct 16, 2024 | RoundupFlorida and the Southeast are reeling from recent storms, with experts predicting that FEMA could run out of resources well before the end of this hurricane season. How could that be? In part it’s because “the government simply doesn’t prioritize helping...
| Oct 8, 2024 | RoundupThis week marks one year since Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel and Israel’s brutal — and ongoing — retribution in Gaza, which has been characterized as a possible genocide by international legal authorities. In OtherWords, Farrah Hassen tallies up the...
| Oct 3, 2024 | RoundupIn a recent column, I argued that the right wing uses anti-immigrant rhetoric in part to divide people against a pro-corporate agenda that’s terribly unpopular with voters. This week in OtherWords, Jen Moore and Karen Spring show how the two issues are linked...
