I worked for the Federal Trade Commission when we banned employers from trapping workers with “noncompete clauses.” Now that victory is in danger. The post Employers Want to Trap You in Dead-End Jobs. Will Trump’s FTC Help Them? appeared first on OtherWords.| OtherWords
This GOP ploy is stripping away America’s fundamental principle of representative democracy. The post With Gerrymandering, Your Local Rep. Isn’t Local — And Isn’t Yours appeared first on OtherWords.| OtherWords
Without a community, we look to “strongmen” to save us. What we really need is each other. The post The Country of My Birth Is Losing Its Democracy. It Can Happen Here Too. appeared first on OtherWords.| OtherWords
We should be funding schools, health care, and education, not $50,000 signing bonuses for ICE agents. The post Let’s Fund Real Public Safety, Not ICE appeared first on OtherWords.| OtherWords
Deploying the National Guard against D.C.’s unhoused population costs four times more than simply housing them. And that’s true across the country. The post Trump’s Invasion of D.C. Costs Over $1 Million a Day. What Could That Fund Instead? appeared first on OtherWords.| OtherWords
If someone like me can get trapped in the cycle of housing instability, anyone can. But the solutions are out there. The post I Did My Dissertation on Housing Displacement. Then I Experienced It Myself. appeared first on OtherWords.| OtherWords
The president is sucking up oxygen with bogus crime stories because he doesn’t want you talking about his Medicaid cuts — or Jeffrey Epstein. The post Trump Wants You Talking About Nonexistent Crime, Not His Medicaid Cuts appeared first on OtherWords.| OtherWords