| Apr 13, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyFor years, researchers have parsed the nation’s top op-ed sections and deemed them to be too male and too white. With this problem so openly acknowledged, you’d think that there’d be some improvement. Well, you’d be wrong. The media reform...
| Apr 9, 2012 | Economy / Business|RoundupIn this week’s OtherWords editorial package, Donald Kaul’s column and four op-eds — including one by Matias Ramos regarding the taxation of immigrants without representation — focus on Tax Day. There’s also a related cartoon by Khalil...
| | Rights / DemocracyGive me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free. I’ll give them some taxation without representation. With apologies to Emma Lazarus, that’s the situation faced by many of the more than 10 million undocumented immigrants who live in...
| | Economy / BusinessLike too many Americans, I’m unemployed. But in my case, the reason isn’t that I can’t find work — it’s that I don’t need it. I’m among the lucky few who can live comfortably off their wealth. And this isn’t wealth I earned...
| | Economy / BusinessConservatives like House Speaker John Boehner say the government can’t raise taxes on millionaires and billionaires because they are “job creators.” Instead, House Republicans are once more calling for trillions in more tax cuts for the richest...