In a war, it’s not uncommon to get more heat than light from our leaders. So this week in OtherWords, as President Trump launches strikes on Iran, Khury Petersen-Smith sheds some crucial light on the facts behind America’s newest war. One may have little sympathy for Iran’s authoritarian government, Khury acknowledges, but it’s ordinary Iranians who pay the price for…Read More

In a record-long State of the Union address last night, President Trump essentially declared victory in the fight for affordability. Millions of Americans, however, must wonder what on earth he was talking about. Last week in OtherWords, North Carolina mom and nonprofit leader Lindsay K. Saunders shared her own story of an all too familiar feeling: the vanishing promise of…Read More

The Trump administration has attempted to justify its harsh crackdown on immigrants as helpful for American workers. But as Sarah Lazare reports this week, the overwhelming evidence is that it’s doing the opposite. Sarah points to examples, from labor organizers being targeted for deportation to federal immigration agents harassing U.S.-born workers on a picket line. And she highlights a growing…Read More

This week in OtherWords, our contributors grapple with the latest wave of ICE violence, including the killings of Minneapolis activists Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The Rev. William J. Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, two faith leaders, compare the killings to lynchings during the last century’s civil rights movement. And like the countless regular people who joined those movements despite the…Read More