| Feb 24, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyI get a lot of letters from people who’ve been incarcerated, or are now behind bars. Legally I can’t respond directly, because I’m an ex-con myself: I was locked up after blowing the whistle on the CIA’s illegal and immoral torture program. Direct contact with current...
| | Rights / Democracy“We’re going to do the wall,” Donald Trump told a cheering crowd of supporters in a victory speech following the South Carolina Republican primary. He was reiterating his fanciful promise to wall off the entire U.S.-Mexico border — and force Mexico to pay...
| | Rights / DemocracyAntonin Scalia is gone. The nastiest and noisiest of right wingers on the Supreme Court is dead. But in a blatantly partisan ploy to prevent President Barack Obama from nominating a successor to Scalia, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has cited a brand new...
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| Feb 17, 2016 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week in OtherWords, Raul A. Reyes sizes up Marco Rubio’s presidential bid and Donald Kaul weighs in on Justice Antonin Scalia’s legacy. If you haven’t already subscribed, please ensure that you don’t miss the latest from OtherWords by signing up for our...
