In OtherWords: February 7, 2018

In OtherWords: February 7, 2018

It’s the week before Valentine’s Day. And as my colleague Josh Hoxie writes, working families aren’t getting much love from Washington. This week in OtherWords, he recounts an unbelievable story about House Speaker Paul Ryan boasting that a...
In OtherWords: January 31, 2018

In OtherWords: January 31, 2018

President Trump gave his first official State of the Union address last night. Under the bipartisan facades, there were some familiar hardline demands — especially on immigration and the military. This week in OtherWords, I parse the Trump-GOP line on immigration and...
In OtherWords: January 24, 2017

In OtherWords: January 24, 2017

We’re fresh off a brief government shutdown, brought on in part by the president’s move, months ago, to revoke the DACA program that protects around 700,000 undocumented young people. This week in OtherWords, community college teacher Jill Richardson...
In OtherWords: January 17, 2018

In OtherWords: January 17, 2018

This week in OtherWords, we’re talking s—holes. That’s what President Trump recently called El Salvador, Haiti, and much of Africa, according to people who attended a meeting where he complained about immigrants from those places. Our cartoonist, Khalil...
In OtherWords: January 10, 2018

In OtherWords: January 10, 2018

Oprah for president? Some fans of the media mogul’s Golden Globes speech, which lifted up generations of women that have resisted racism and sexual assault, are already calling for a 2020 bid. Maybe they’re missing the point, Razan Azzarkani argues this...
In OtherWords: December 27, 2017

In OtherWords: December 27, 2017

Are you struggling to get by on a mere $15 or $20 million? If so, my colleague Chuck Collins has good news for you: Congress is looking out for you and your heirs. Meanwhile, Jill Richardson shares a New Year’s resolution: to tell men directly when ...