| Apr 26, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week’s OtherWords package falls between two huge marches on Washington, along with hundreds of other communities. Last Saturday, Earth Day, the Science March brought hundreds of thousands of scientists and their supporters into the streets in perhaps the...
| Apr 19, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedAre you excited for graduation season? If you’re one of the 7 in 10 grads who’s starting adult life with an average of $37,000 in student debt, this exciting time can be more nerve-wracking than anything. Over 44 million Americans owe student debt, Chuck...
| Apr 12, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedIt’s almost Tax Day — have you paid your fair share? If you’re a Wall Street bank, probably not. This week in OtherWords, my colleague Sarah Anderson reveals how big banks use legal loopholes to get around paying their full tax bill. And she proposes a...
| Apr 5, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week, the Senate votes on Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. Several weeks back, we ran a piece by People for the American Way’s Michael Keegan (read it here, if you missed it then) on the corporate-friendly line he expected Gorsuch to take on the bench....
| Mar 29, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week, flanked by coal miners, Donald Trump announced plans to reverse the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. Trump has blamed that signature Obama climate initiative for the loss of coal jobs, but as Jill Richardson points out this week, it...
| Mar 22, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedHouse Republicans are racing ahead with their plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. This week in OtherWords, we take a look at one of the less covered aspects of the GOP plan: its impact on America’s devastating opioid crisis. My hometown of...
