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This side of Donald Trump's inauguration, the headlines are coming quickly. We've seen cabinet nominee hearings, a flurry of controversial executive orders, and a record-setting Women's March on Washington and beyond. There's also that mind-boggling debate over...

The bizarre week leading up to inauguration was a strangely fitting one. There were new allegations of Russian meddling with Trump, salacious new allegations about the billionaire's private life, and ever more speculation about foreign intrigue. But if the new...

In our first OtherWords package of 2017, Sarah Anderson celebrates some good news: Here in Washington, even while national leaders dug in their heels against paid sick time for families, local small business owners helped bring paid leave to the nation's capital. Also...

Here at the end of the year, I hope you'll pardon me for a longer than usual intro note. (Don't worry, you can still skip ahead to the commentaries below.) If there was anything that defined 2016 — besides the passing of beloved celebrities and the rise of Donald...

It's giving season, which means we're probably going to see some headlines soon about major year-end gifts from prominent billionaires and millionaires. Those gifts often make for heartwarming stories, my colleague Chuck Collins writes this week in OtherWords. But...

America's post-election hangover took a major turn for the dramatic this past week, when sources told the Washington Post that the CIA believes Russia intervened in the vote to help Donald Trump. The jury's still out on the truth of the matter, but this week in...

It's been a tumultuous week of news, as details of Donald Trump's transition team and agenda trickle out. A key item on the chopping block is the Affordable Care Act. Among many other things, its repeal could leave millions of women without access to affordable birth...

This week in OtherWords, we're still processing the election results and what they mean for the years to come. A few of our writers even managed to find some silver linings. Jim Hightower, for example, notes that many progressive candidates and issues — like minimum...

Donald Trump shocked the world this week with his stunning victory over Hillary Clinton. While Trump's polling was competitive with the former secretary of state's from the beginning, few imagined that his coalition was broad enough to triumph on Election Day. No...