OtherWords distributes commentary and cartoons aimed at making progressive analysis more ubiquitous in the national conversation. This project sends about 1,700 newspaper editors a weekly editorial package free of charge and publication-ready. Formerly known as Minuteman Media, OtherWords became part of the Institute for Policy Studies in 2010.
Recent Work
Op-Ed
A Plateful of Justice
March 27, 2013 - The people who wash your dishes and the folks who cook and serve your food deserve better. By Javier Rojo
Blog
This Week in OtherWords: March 27, 2013
March 27, 2013 - Jill Richardson makes the case for raising chickens in your backyard and Sam Pizzigati discusses Ford's worker-financed bailout. By Emily Schwartz Greco
Column
The Military-Industrial Threat to the Nation's Well-Being
March 20, 2013 - It's time for some serious spring cleaning at the Pentagon. By William A. Collins and Emily Schwartz Greco
Op-Ed
Inequality Is Hurting Us All
March 20, 2013 - If the levels of greater income equality of 1968 still prevailed today, the poorest fifth of Marylanders would be earning twice what they take home now. By John Cavanagh, published in Common Dreams and The Muscatine (IA) Journal
Blog
This Week in OtherWords: February 27, 2013
February 27, 2013 - Jo Comerford likens the imminent across-the-board budget cuts to a truck careening toward a brick wall. By Emily Schwartz Greco
Op-Ed
A Global Spotlight on Voter Suppression
February 27, 2013 - Heinous schemes to limit the right to vote keep appearing in state legislatures. By Ron Carver
Emily Schwartz Greco