David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
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December 2, 2025
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A Glaringly Obvious Answer to America’s Truck Driver Shortage
Understaffed trucking companies are trying to roll back child labor rules. Why not just stop discriminating against women? By Jim Hightower | October 18, 2023 Seemingly intractable problems sometimes have an obvious solution standing right in front of them. Our nation’s dire…
ENGAGING WITH EXTREMISM
It’s tragic that people die because of vaccine conspiracy theories. But the answer may be to listen, not confront. By Jill Richardson | July 14, 2021/Previously published in OtherWords.org Assorted Ideas, Large & Small In my research, I repeatedly hear the same…
TIP OF THE ICEBERG
Khalil Bendib / OtherWords.org Assorted Ideas, Large & Small A federal indictment against the Trump Organization might be just the beginning of Donald Trump’s future legal troubles. By Khalil Bendib | July 14, 2021 Also from Assorted Ideas, Large & Small
TO FIGHT POVERTY, CUT THE PENTAGON BUDGET
For me, the military wasn’t a way out of poverty. Instead, militarism is why so many of us are poor in the first place. By T.J. Thompson | June 23, 2021 This article originally appeared in OtherWords. I grew up on the…
BIDEN’S UNCONSCIONABLE MILITARY BUDGET
With the Afghanistan War finally ending, we shouldn’t squander our “peace dividend” on costly weapons or military bloat. By Lindsay Koshgarian | June 2, 2021 First published in Other Words The Biden administration recently released its final budget proposal for fiscal year…
A PLAN TO END POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES
A new congressional resolution asserts it’s not only possible to end poverty, but morally necessary. By Sarah Anderson | June 2, 2021 Originally published in OtherWords Amidst partisan haggling over President Biden’s infrastructure proposal, the Poor People’s Campaign and several lawmakers recently…
EMPLOYERS: IF YOU WANT WORKERS, PAY A LIVING WAGE
It’s not that people don’t want to work — it’s that they don’t want to work for so little. By Rebekah Entralgo | May 12, 2021/OtherWords.org Assorted Ideas, Large & Small The sudden shift from “we love our essential workers” to “they’re…
MEDICARE FOR ALL COULD SAVE MY LIFE
My insurance says my cancer drugs aren’t “medically necessary.” No one should have to fight for care like this.
ANTI-ASIAN BIAS IS PERVASIVE
When I studied Chinese two decades ago, I couldn’t believe how white peers reacted. Imagine how Asian Americans feel. By Jill Richardson | March 24, 2021 Republished with Permission: The Roosevelt Island Daily News Previously published in OtherWords.org As our nation grapples…
EXPOSE THE INSURRECTION FINANCIERS
Trump’s trial is over, but there’s still much to learn about the deep pockets who financed the January 6 coup attempt.
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor