In OtherWords: July 31, 2019

In OtherWords: July 31, 2019

In response to the abominable conditions at the administration’s internment camps for immigrants, many American Jewish activists have revived the cry of “Never Again,” and leveled it directly towards ICE. This week in OtherWords, Rachel Hodes —...
In OtherWords: July 24, 2019

In OtherWords: July 24, 2019

How have the four progressive congresswomen known as “the Squad” responded to Trump’s racist attacks? By introducing bolder than ever policies to help workers and rebuild the middle class. This week in OtherWords, Sarah Anderson and Negin Owliaei...
In OtherWords: July 17, 2019

In OtherWords: July 17, 2019

Racist tweets blew up yet another news cycle this week as President Trump hurled vicious attacks at four progressive members of Congress. Democrats rallied to condemn the president. But as I write this week, Democratic leaders were only days earlier working to...
In OtherWords: July 10, 2019

In OtherWords: July 10, 2019

Democracy is expensive, but so is the alternative. This week, Robert P. Alvarez looks at Florida’s new poll tax, designed to override an extremely popular ballot initiative restoring the voting rights of people who’ve served time. The anti-democratic law...
In OtherWords: July 3, 2019

In OtherWords: July 3, 2019

As reports emerge of horrifying conditions in immigration detention camps this week, Lizet Ocampo reports on the latest revelations and wonders when Americans will say enough is enough. And Jill Richardson, who visited a detainment facility in 2010 under the Obama...
In OtherWords: June 26, 2019

In OtherWords: June 26, 2019

Recent reports have emerged of horrifying conditions at overcrowded immigration detention camps for children, leading many critics to call them concentration camps. Whatever you call them, they destroy lives — and they come at a huge economic cost. As Kenia...