In OtherWords: September 16, 2020

In OtherWords: September 16, 2020

Veteran journalist Bob Woodward recently released recordings in which President Trump vividly described how deadly COVID-19 could be as far back as January and February. Trump’s assessments were wildly at odds with his public statements and, more importantly,...
In OtherWords: September 9, 2020

In OtherWords: September 9, 2020

A court battle is underway to determine just how long the Census Bureau has to count everyone living in this country. The cut-off could be as soon as September 30. Worryingly, some communities are confronting the possibility of the worst under-count in three decades,...
In OtherWords: September 2, 2020

In OtherWords: September 2, 2020

This week, President Trump visited police in Kenosha, who recently shot the unarmed Jacob Blake seven times in the back. Trump visited despite urgent pleas from the governor and lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, as well as the mayor of Kenosha, not to raise tensions...
In OtherWords: August 26, 2020

In OtherWords: August 26, 2020

While the RNC treated Americans to a host of dystopian proclamations this week, another drama unfolded on Capitol Hill: Embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was grilled by lawmakers on the election-year service delays his leadership has caused. This week in...
In OtherWords: August 19, 2020

In OtherWords: August 19, 2020

As Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden this week, outcry over the Trump administration’s treatment of the U.S. Postal Service reached a fever pitch. Since June, a Trump-appointed postmaster general has dramatically slowed mail delivery times, leading the...
In OtherWords: August 12, 2020

In OtherWords: August 12, 2020

This week, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden picked Kamala Harris as his running mate. We’ll have more to say on Harris and the 2020 election in the coming weeks. For now, unrest continues in major cities over police violence, and President...