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In OtherWords: June 15, 2016
"I feel angry and heartbroken" after the massacre in Orlando, writes transgender teen activist Grace Dolan-Sandrino this week in OtherWords. But even as a culture of fear and bigotry descends on our country, "we’re stronger than you think." I hope you won't miss...
In OtherWords: June 8, 2016
After this week's primaries in California and New Jersey, Hillary Clinton looks to have finally sewn up the Democratic nomination for president. While important debates will continue inside the Democratic Party over foreign policy, money in politics, and other issues,...
In OtherWords: June 1, 2016
Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee for president, has called climate change a Chinese-orchestrated "hoax" — except along the one Irish beach where he happens to own a luxury golf course and hotel. There, Janet Redman writes this week, one of Trump's companies...
In OtherWords: May 25, 2016
Sometimes it's helpful to take a long view. This week in OtherWords, Sam Pizzigati reports on a new satellite NASA is developing that will be capable of spotting "a bug in space." So why, he wonders, can't the feds find the affluent tax cheats who illegally dodge over...
In OtherWords: May 18, 2016
The month of May marks college graduation season. This year, graduates are entering the job market with an average $37,000 worth of debt — the most of any class ever. This week in OtherWords, Chuck Collins looks at one reason college costs have risen so high: States...
In OtherWords: May 4, 2016
Well, Ted Cruz has dropped out of the race for the GOP presidential nod. John Kasich followed shortly after, clearing the way for Donald Trump. This week in OtherWords, cartoonist Khalil Bendib sends up Ted Cruz's sunk campaign, riffing on his last-minute gambit to...
In OtherWords: April 27, 2016
Allow me to introduce myself: I'm Peter Certo, our new editor here at OtherWords. I'm taking over from my colleague and mentor Emily Schwartz Greco, who's leaving the Institute for Policy Studies after 13 years of incredibly hard work — half of which she spent...
In OtherWords: We’ve got some news
Whether you’re new to OtherWords or have been with us for many years, thanks for your support. I’ve got some news to share with you. First, we’re celebrating. Khalil Bendib won the 2015 Grambs Aronson Cartooning with a Conscience Award for his hard-hitting and...
In OtherWords: April 13, 2016
This week in OtherWords, Libero Della Piana shines a light on a form of voter suppression that afflicts formerly incarcerated people and Aaron Mair urges voters to pay close attention to what candidates say about climate change this electoral cycle. If you haven’t...
In OtherWords: April 6, 2016
This week in OtherWords, Sarah Anderson explains the rationale for levying a tiny tax on financial transactions and Jim Hightower pokes fun at the GOP establishment for thinking that making Paul Ryan the Republican presidential nominee constitutes a winning strategy....
