| Oct 24, 2018 | RoundupHigh-stakes midterms are just around the corner, with early voting already underway in several states. And the closer we get to Election Day, the more virulent the statements out of the White House seem to be getting. First are the familiar attacks on immigrants. This...
| Oct 17, 2018 | RoundupAs grisly details continue to emerge about the murder of Saudi journalist — and U.S. resident — Jamal Kashoggi, the Trump administration is standing steadfastly by the Saudi authorities who appear to have ordered the attack. The headlines look bad, but it’s...
| Oct 10, 2018 | RoundupThis week, while so much else was happening, the war in Afghanistan quietly turned 17. America’s longest war seldom gets front-page coverage, and politicians scarcely bother to discuss it anymore. And that, Stacy Bannerman writes this week, is why thousands of...
| Oct 3, 2018 | RoundupWill Christine Blasey Ford’s riveting testimony — and a subsequent FBI investigation — have any impact on whether Senate Republicans confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court? This week in OtherWords, veteran attorney Mitchell Zimmerman says Ford’s...
| Sep 26, 2018 | RoundupAs Brett Kavanaugh prepares to face credible allegations of sexual assault before the Senate, the pressure is rising on Christine Blasey Ford and the other women who’ve leveled the accusations. Ford, it’s reported, had to leave her home to escape death...
