$50,000 ICE signing bonuses? The post In OtherWords: August 27, 2025 appeared first on OtherWords.| OtherWords
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
At the 100 largest low-wage corporations, the average CEO now makes 632 times more than a typical worker. And Americans are fed up. The post CEOs Are Getting Richer. Everyone Else Is Falling Behind. appeared first on OtherWords.| OtherWords
Crunching the numbers on Trump's D.C. power grab. The post In OtherWords: August 21, 2025 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
Shackling innocent people, denying them basic medical care, and forcing them to eat like animals isn’t “law and order.” It’s lawless.| OtherWords
Countless Americans were poisoned by the nuclear arms race — and their federal compensation just expired. That’s an outrage.| OtherWords
The popular GOP slogan would tear millions of families apart, including mine. It would also be a moral, logistical, and economic disaster.| OtherWords