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In OtherWords: October 18, 2017
This week, social media feeds lit up with women saying "me too," spreading awareness of just how pervasive sexual assault and harassment remain in our country. In OtherWords, Jill Richardson writes that she can't think of a single woman who hasn't experienced one or...
In OtherWords: October 11, 2017
In the last week the Trump administration announced rollbacks to two major Obama-era rules: the Clean Power Plan to reduce carbon emissions (which we'll tackle soon) and an Obamacare requirement that employers offer birth control coverage through their insurance...
In OtherWords: October 4, 2017
President Trump was (briefly) in Puerto Rico this week, talking up his administration's response to the devastating hurricanes that have left the island in a sustained state of crisis. But he's also lashed out at the U.S. citizens of the colony for "wanting everything...
In OtherWords: September 27, 2017
The GOP effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act looks to be, once again, stalled for now. That's no doubt a relief to the millions of Americans the Congressional Budget Office estimated would've lost their care if the Graham-Cassidy bill had passed. ("First, do...
In OtherWords: September 20, 2017
Well, in episode 4,000 or so of a long-running saga, the GOP is reviving its effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with something far more draconian. (In fact, I had to check our past issues to make sure we hadn't run this exact newsletter already.)...
In OtherWords: September 13, 2017
A slew of research over the years shows that inequality has a way of sticking around for generations. This week in OtherWords, Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Chuck Collins spell out some scary — and vital — new research they've done on America's persistent racial wealth...
In OtherWords: September 6, 2017
While 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...
In OtherWords: August 30, 2017
Last 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 violating the human...
In OtherWords: August 23, 2017
Last 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 the ax,...
In OtherWords: August 16, 2017
This 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, Jessicah...
