| Jan 8, 2020 | RoundupWill the U.S. step back from the ledge with Iran, or is the worst yet to come? It’s too soon to say. But this week in OtherWords, I explain why war with Iran would be catastrophic — and why it deserves full-throated opposition, not meager complaints about...
| Dec 19, 2019 | RoundupWe’re slowing down during the holidays, so we thought it would be a good time to share a few evergreen favorites from the past year. We’ll resume distributing new content on January 8. The good news? These are worth revisiting! And they’re all still free to read and...
| | RoundupWe’re slowing down during the holidays, so we thought it would be a good time to share a few evergreen favorites from the past year. We’re sending these out on Christmas, with another batch to come on January 1. We’ll resume distributing new content...
| Dec 18, 2019 | RoundupIf you’re like me, politics has left you in need of a little holiday cheer. This week in OtherWords, Jim Hightower offers some from Texas — not of the saccharine variety, but of a real victory by working people against big polluters. And as holiday...
| Dec 11, 2019 | RoundupAs the House rolls out articles of impeachment against President Trump, Rev. Susan K. Williams Smith finds parallels between the Ukraine affair and a much older practice in U.S. politics: voter suppression, particularly of black votes. Even as Trump fights to save his...
| Dec 4, 2019 | RoundupAs Senator Kamala Harris bows out of the presidential race and the House impeachment inquiry moves into its next phase, some dynamics of the 2020 race are slowly coming into focus. Yet this week in OtherWords, I focus on a little-noted slice of the electorate that...
