| Jul 2, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyIn May, students and professors at Cooper Union — an art, architecture, and engineering college in New York City — filed a lawsuit against the school’s Board of Trustees. Known as the Committee to Save Cooper Union, the group is pursuing legal action after the...
| Jun 25, 2014 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week in OtherWords, Bob Lord reflects on the information gleaned when he helped expose an Arizona official who moonlighted as a crude Internet troll while Jill Richardson and I weigh in on Brazil’s soccer madness, climate record, and economic dynamism. Do...
| | Rights / DemocracyFor years I’d wondered about the identity of a gaggle of anonymous commenters on Blog for Arizona, the website to which I frequently contribute. These guys weighed in a lot and were very eager to burnish the reputation of Arizona School Superintendent, John...
| | Rights / DemocracyEvery four years, Brazilians wrap themselves in their cheerful green, yellow, and blue flag emblazoned with the Portuguese words “ordem e progresso.” The slogan, which translates as “order and progress,” stretches across a puddle of stars....
| Jun 18, 2014 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week in OtherWords, Sam Pizzigati and Jeff Vogel call on the NSA to follow the money, Jim Hightower chuckles over the NRA’s brush with sanity, and Richard J. Eskow explains why Eric Cantor’s defeat should be a teachable moment for Democrats. Do you...
