| Nov 23, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyBy now you’ve probably heard that Vice President-elect Mike Pence was booed by fellow theater-goers at a performance of the musical Hamilton, an unlikely hip-hop sensation that tells the story of Alexander Hamilton and other founding fathers. Then, at the end of...
| | Economy / BusinessBreaking news: An amazing new school for political activists is training thousands of people to be community organizers. They’re using Saul Alinsky’s classic manual, Rules for Radicals. The Grassroots Leadership Academy gives how-to lessons in everything...
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| Nov 16, 2016 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis 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...
| | Economy / BusinessImagine you’re standing in line for the American Dream. You work hard, sometimes in dangerous jobs. You lead a moral life. But the line is stalling, even moving backwards. Yet you see newcomers up front — some of them immigrants and people of color. Maybe...
