| Jul 2, 2014 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week in OtherWords, Raul A. Reyes explains why the Republican Party has earned a red card with its immigration inaction and Jill Richardson weighs in on the links between imported shrimp and modern-day slavery. Do you want to make sure you don’t miss the latest...
| | Rights / DemocracyJuly 2 marks the 50th anniversary of the day President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The landmark legislation outlawed discrimination and segregation based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. First introduced by President John...
| Jul 1, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyScott Walker can’t seem to run a clean campaign. He first won the governorship of Wisconsin in 2010 from his position as Milwaukee County executive. It turns out that some of his aides at the county job were doing campaign work for him on the taxpayers’...
| 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...
| Jun 24, 2014 | Economy / BusinessLloyd Blankfein is very concerned about income inequality. With his face reflecting both worry and perplexity, he recently called inequality “very destabilizing.” Blankfein’s concern doesn’t come from the perspective of one experiencing...