In OtherWords: October 11, 2017

In OtherWords: October 11, 2017

In the last week the Trump administration announced rollbacks to two major Obama-era rules: the Clean Power Plan to reduce carbon emissions (which we’ll tackle soon) and an Obamacare requirement that employers offer birth control coverage through their insurance...
In OtherWords: October 4, 2017

In OtherWords: October 4, 2017

President Trump was (briefly) in Puerto Rico this week, talking up his administration’s response to the devastating hurricanes that have left the island in a sustained state of crisis. But he’s also lashed out at the U.S. citizens of the colony for...
In OtherWords: September 27, 2017

In OtherWords: September 27, 2017

The GOP effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act looks to be, once again, stalled for now. That’s no doubt a relief to the millions of Americans the Congressional Budget Office estimated would’ve lost their care if the Graham-Cassidy bill had passed....
In OtherWords: September 20, 2017

In OtherWords: September 20, 2017

Well, in episode 4,000 or so of a long-running saga, the GOP is reviving its effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with something far more draconian. (In fact, I had to check our past issues to make sure we hadn’t run this exact newsletter...
In OtherWords: September 13, 2017

In OtherWords: September 13, 2017

A slew of research over the years shows that inequality has a way of sticking around for generations. This week in OtherWords, Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Chuck Collins spell out some scary — and vital — new research they’ve done on America’s persistent...