In OtherWords: October 26, 2016

In OtherWords: October 26, 2016

Hundreds of protestors at Standing Rock have been arrested, and the Sioux tribe has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate abuses by police officers against those blocking the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. OtherWords cartoonist Khalil Bendib...
In OtherWords: October 12, 2016

In OtherWords: October 12, 2016

Weeks into the largest national prison strike in our history, the U.S Department of Justice has opened an investigation into Alabama prison conditions. It promises to look into claims of human rights abuses from sexual assault by correctional officers to unsanitary...
In OtherWords: October 5, 2016

In OtherWords: October 5, 2016

Last week, Congress rejected President Obama’s veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act that will allow victims of the September 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia for their involvement. OtherWords cartoonist Khalil Bendib imagines what this law would...
In OtherWords: September 28, 2016

In OtherWords: September 28, 2016

In the first presidential debate of 2016, Hillary Clinton was quick to bring up that “small” million-dollar loan Donald Trump borrowed from his father. And Trump, predictably, stood by his business acumen while understating the advantage of inheriting his...
In OtherWords: September 21, 2016

In OtherWords: September 21, 2016

Earlier this month, Hurricane Hermine became the first to make landfall in Florida since Hurricane Wilma in 2005. But in the meantime, the Atlantic region has been no stranger to storms of increasing intensity. Earth to climate deniers, these storms seem to be...