While Trump pretends he wants to save Social Security, Elon Musk is strangling the program with bureaucratic red tape. By Jim Hightower ( Otherwords ) – How ironic: The most inefficient bureaucracy in government turns out to be Donald Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency.” That could be humorous, except that DOGE — a creature of […]
How Overpaid CEOs Hurt the Rest of Us
At Wells Fargo, I saw firsthand how excessive CEO pay harms workers and customers. Congress should use tax policy to rein it in. By Kieran Cuadras | ( Otherwords ) – CEO pay has been skyrocketing for years now, fueled in part by tax cuts for corporations and ultra wealthy individuals. That’s not just unfair […]
My Jewish Faith and Int’l Law Demand an Immediate Resumption of Aid in Gaza
By Mara Kronenfeld | – ( Otherwords.org) – Israel’s assault on Gaza, with backing from the United States, has created one of the worst humanitarian crises on the planet. Now Israel is violating a hard-won ceasefire deal by refusing to admit all aid into Gaza. The Israeli government also passed legislation recently to outlaw UNRWA, […]
Guantánamo Needs to Be Shut Down, Not Expanded
By Farrah Hassen ( Otherwords.org) – In a deeply disturbing and unprecedented move, the U.S. has begun transferring immigrant detainees to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. They’re being held without access to their lawyers and families. President Trump has ordered up to 30,000 “high-priority” migrants to be imprisoned there as part of his larger mass deportation and […]
A Hostile Corporate Takeover of our Democracy
Never before has one billionaire so thoroughly infiltrated our government and bent it to their will for personal gain. By Alex Jacquez, Elizabeth Pancotti ( Otherwords.org) – Befitting a presidency inaugurated by a parade of tech billionaires, President Trump has taken Mark Zuckerberg’s infamous “move fast and break things” approach to the opening weeks of […]
How Fossil Fuel Billionaires Are Cashing in on Trump
Fossil fuel billionaires are being rewarded for investing in Trump’s campaign. By Chuck Collins | – ( Otherwords.org ) – As he left office, President Biden warned of an emerging oligarchy in this country — rule by and for a small number of wealthy people and corporations. After donating heavily to President Trump’s campaign, the […]
The U.S. Must Stop Arming Israel
By Farrah Hassen | ( Otherwords.org ) – In a shameful moment for U.S. history, an accused war criminal addressed Congress on July 24. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to plead for more arms for his war on Gaza, where the International Court of Justice has found it “plausible” that Israel is committing genocide. […]
Our Nearly $1 Trillion Military Budget Won’t Make us Safer
By Lindsay Koshgarian ( Otherwords.org ) – If you looked at the U.S. military budget without knowing otherwise, you’d probably guess we were in World War III. Our military spending is now the highest it’s been at any point since World War II — and Congress keeps adding more. The House of Representatives just passed […]
Red Flags over the Supreme Court
By Peter Montgomery | ( Otherwords.org ) – America’s highest court is supposed to be impartial — especially when it comes to our elections and constitutional rights. Unfortunately, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has been sending not very subtle signals that he’s aligned with former President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement — and the exclusionary Christian […]
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