| Nov 7, 2018 | RoundupAfter an exhausting midterm campaign, the results are in and they’re… mixed. Although Democrats won the House and several governor’s offices, the GOP scored a handful of Senate seats after a deeply disturbing late-stage campaign. This week in...
| Oct 31, 2018 | RoundupThis week we’re rounding up our last batch of op-eds before the midterms, and what better day than Halloween? After all, the GOP campaign to keep control of Congress seems to rely entirely on spooking conservative white Americans. From attacks on immigrants to...
| Oct 24, 2018 | RoundupHigh-stakes midterms are just around the corner, with early voting already underway in several states. And the closer we get to Election Day, the more virulent the statements out of the White House seem to be getting. First are the familiar attacks on immigrants. This...
| Oct 17, 2018 | RoundupAs grisly details continue to emerge about the murder of Saudi journalist — and U.S. resident — Jamal Kashoggi, the Trump administration is standing steadfastly by the Saudi authorities who appear to have ordered the attack. The headlines look bad, but it’s...
| Oct 10, 2018 | RoundupThis week, while so much else was happening, the war in Afghanistan quietly turned 17. America’s longest war seldom gets front-page coverage, and politicians scarcely bother to discuss it anymore. And that, Stacy Bannerman writes this week, is why thousands of...
| Oct 3, 2018 | RoundupWill Christine Blasey Ford’s riveting testimony — and a subsequent FBI investigation — have any impact on whether Senate Republicans confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court? This week in OtherWords, veteran attorney Mitchell Zimmerman says Ford’s...
