| Sep 6, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedWhile much of Houston and southeastern Texas remain underwater, another succession of hurricanes — first Irma and then potentially Jose — is bearing down on the Caribbean and Florida. Storms like these are expected to be more frequent and more severe as climate change...
| Aug 30, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedLast weekend, in a late-Friday announcement in the middle of a hurricane, Donald Trump issued a pardon for Sheriff Joe Arpaio. America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” had been convicted of criminal contempt for refusing a federal order to stop...
| Aug 23, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedLast week’s Charlottesville debacle concluded with a major development for the Trump administration: the exit of chief strategist Steve Bannon, a longtime lightning rod for the White House on race issues. In this he was only the latest Trump confederate to get...
| Aug 16, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week in OtherWords, we look at the fallout from the white nationalist violence Charlottesville. That march was a product of fear, says Olivia Alperstein — fear by a few white racists that the rights of others somehow diminish their own. And it’s proof,...
| Aug 9, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week, in the sweltering month of August, Sarah Anderson explores the surprisingly short history of a treasured luxury: air conditioning. Most Americans now have it at home. But at work, it’s another story. Moreover, as the technology spreads to developing...
| Aug 2, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedIf our economy is as fair as some like to say, why is it so unequal? And what’s that mean for those who get the short end of it? This week in OtherWords, Josh Hoxie looks at the myth of “fairness” and at new research showing how it actually harms one...
