| May 30, 2018 | RoundupThis week, Starbucks closed thousands of stores for a day of racial bias training. The gesture follows an incident from earlier this spring, when Starbucks employees in Philadelphia called the police on two black patrons who were simply waiting on a colleague to join...
| May 23, 2018 | RoundupThis week in OtherWords, we’ve got a suite of veterans-themed pieces in time for Memorial Day weekend. Iraq war vet Kevin Basl pushes back against the idea that it’s disrespectful to veterans to question U.S. wars. That’s what politicians want you to...
| Apr 25, 2018 | Roundup|UncategorizedWe’re a few days shy of May Day — known to the rest of the world as International Workers’ Day. The U.S., however, prefers to call it the vaguely menacing “Loyalty Day” instead. In OtherWords this week, Saurav Sarkar decides it’s a...
| Apr 18, 2018 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis weekend, the U.S. once again struck out at Syrian regime targets over the alleged use of chemicals weapons. This week in OtherWords, I argue that when you look at the big picture, there’s no remotely humanitarian justification for the strikes. Also this...
| Apr 11, 2018 | Roundup|UncategorizedIt’s Tax Day this week. In OtherWords, Lindsay Koshgarian has some stunning facts about where your tax dollars go: the military. Or, more specifically, to private corporations that sell ludicrously expensive things to the military. If you’re an average...
