{"id":286668,"date":"2016-12-21T19:40:54","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T18:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/in-otherwords-december-21-2016\/"},"modified":"2016-12-21T19:40:54","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T18:40:54","slug":"in-otherwords-december-21-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/in-otherwords-december-21-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"In OtherWords: December 21, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s giving season, which means we’re probably going to see some headlines soon about major year-end gifts from prominent billionaires and millionaires.<\/p>\n

Those gifts often make for heartwarming stories, my colleague Chuck Collins writes\u00a0this week in OtherWords. But they come at a price: enormous tax write-offs that ordinary taxpayers wind up covering.<\/p>\n

As charities become increasingly reliant on wealthy mega-donors, he explains, the implications for our democracy are troubling \u2014 even when the donors mean well.<\/p>\n

Also this week, Olivia Alperstein reports on an often overlooked issue of basic human dignity\u00a0\u2014\u00a0access to feminine hygiene products\u00a0\u2014 and how it’s often denied to women on the margins. Jim Hightower examines Rick Perry’s (meager) qualifications to be our next energy secretary. And Khalil Bendib skewers Donald Trump’s response to allegations that Russia intervened on his behalf.<\/p>\n

Finally, Ebony Slaughter-Johnson lays out a plan for progressives to appeal to white working class voters without playing down race. And Jill Richardson reviews our year of “post-truth.”<\/p>\n

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Khalil Bendib \/ OtherWords.org<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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  1. All Women Deserve Access to Tampons, Period<\/a> \/ Olivia Alperstein
    \nIn the supposedly enlightened United States, millions of women lack proper access to menstrual supplies.<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Calling Working People of All Colors<\/a> \/ Ebony Slaughter-Johnson
    \nThe economic concerns of the white working class and people of color are more alike than different.<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. The Dangers of Big Philanthropy<\/a> \/ Chuck Collins
    \nWhen billionaires write charitable gifts off their taxes, the rest of us pick up the tab.<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Crony Capitalism Made Rick Perry Our Energy Secretary<\/a> \/ Jim Hightower
    \nThe former Texas governor’s only experience for the job comes from stiffing the American people \u2014 and their environment.<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. The Year of \u2018Post-Truth\u2019<\/a> \/ Jill Richardson
    \nThanks to fake news and hyper partisanship, many of us can no longer distinguish facts from opinions \u2014 or lies.<\/em><\/li>\n
  6. Russian Influence? Nyet!<\/a> \/ Khalil Bendib<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The post In OtherWords: December 21, 2016<\/a> appeared first on OtherWords<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    This piece was reprinted from Other Words<\/a> by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    It’s giving season, which means we’re probably going to see some headlines soon about major year-end gifts from prominent billionaires and millionaires. Those gifts often make for heartwarming stories, my colleague Chuck Collins writes\u00a0this week in OtherWords. But they come at a price: enormous tax write-offs that ordinary taxpayers wind up covering. As charities become […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2523,"featured_media":286669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-286668","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2523"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}