This week in OtherWords, Christine Dickason laments the impending loss of a key student loan program and Raul A. Reyes celebrates the Dump Trump movement that arose in response to the presidential candidate’s anti-immigrant stance.
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More Hats in the Ring, an OtherWords cartoon by Khalil Bendib
- Sharing Security in the Information Age / Isaiah J. Poole
For 8 cents of every dollar they pay in wages, companies like Uber could upgrade their workers’ safety net. - Severing a Higher Education Lifeline / Christine Dickason
Ending Perkins loans would block the path to college for hundreds of thousands of students. - Trump’s Badmouthing Deportment / Raul A. Reyes
The presidential candidate’s rants have galvanized Latinos of all ages, backgrounds, and political affiliations. - Lighting a Legal Fuse / Emily Schwartz Greco
People from Seattle to Fiji are filing lawsuits over global warming. - Correcting Unfair Sentencing Laws / John Kiriakou
The government should stop locking up nonviolent drug offenders for decades. - A Luxury Vacation with No Modern Conveniences / Jill Richardson
The wonders of nature should be accessible to all, not a privileged few. - Smashing the Austerity Idols / Donald Kaul
Greece and Germany don’t belong on the same continent, let alone in the same currency union. - Poor-Shaming 2.0 / Jim Hightower
Republicans want to humiliate low-income households that qualify for aid to access the Internet. - More GOP Hats in the Ring / Khalil Bendib cartoon
