This week in OtherWords, Suzanna Gordon and Steve Early talk to rural veterans about what privatizing the VA would mean for their health care access. And Sonali Kolhatkar raises the alarm about the public health impacts of RFK Jr.’s antivax movement.
Also this week, the Rev. Drs. Caleb Lines and Mark Sandlin warn their fellow Christians against using Charlie Kirk’s tragic murder to sow division or hostility among Americans. And Jim Hightower explains how Social Security can be protected simply by billionaires paying in at the same rate you do.
New This Week…
Privatizing the VA Will Be a Disaster for Rural Vets | Suzanne Gordon and Steve Early
Forcing millions of veterans out of the VA and into our crumbling rural hospitals will hurt both vets and their communities.
RFK Threatens a Century of Medical Progress | Sonali Kolhatkar
The antivaxxer-in-chief may lead us back to an era of long-eradicated diseases.
Christian Nationalism Is Neither Christian Nor Patriotic | Rev. Dr. Caleb Lines and Rev. Dr. Mark Sandlin
As Christian pastors, we believe that when power is cloaked in piety, our nation is neither faithful nor free.
Elon Musk Should Pay the Same Social Security Taxes You Do | Jim Hightower
This one honest, fair, and simple adjustment would keep the program fully funded in perpetuity.
In Case You Missed It…
AI Is a Dangerous Billionaire Boondoggle | Kendra Kay
Billionaires want to use your tax dollars to put nuclear-powered AI data centers in drought-prone farmland. What could go wrong?
Even the Pope Is Fed Up With Overpaid CEOs | Sarah Anderson
Americans are fed up with CEOs that stiff their workers. And of those fed up Americans happens to be the pope.
The American People Need to Check the Supreme Court | Paul Gordon
The Court’s right-wing MAGA majority is shredding the Constitution and denying our rights.
The Climate’s Emergency Brake | Daphne Wysham
Slashing methane emissions now could slow the runaway train of global warming long enough to get our act together. But only if we act.
